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5 days ago · Ultimate headgear. Moctezuma II’s famous headdress now resides in Vienna, Austria, and most Mexicans feel it deserves to be returned to its original home in Mexico. In the spectacular Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City is this magnificent replica. Experts aren’t entirely sure that it did belong to Moctezuma: the crown of the Aztec ruler ...
3 days ago · Model of Moctezuma II in his magnificent quetzal-and-cotinga-feathered headdress, by George Stuart (Click on image to enlarge) Headdresses were not worn by ‘your average Aztec’. They were generally only worn by members of the ruling class, warriors, priests and - by extension - gods and goddesses.
May 20, 2024 · Last Aztec emperor of Mexico, defeated by Hernan Cortez. Biography. Moctezuma ll was the ninth ruler of Tenochtitlan, reigning from 1502 to 1520. Moctezuma II became Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan after the death of his father Axayacatl. Cuitláhuac was the 10th tlatoani of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan for 80 days.
At least 170 breaks were detected in the headdress’s 374 long quetzal feathers. The nets were torn in many places, and some of the metal ornaments had damaged the surrounding feathers and nets. When the headdress was removed from its mount using state-of-the-art techniques, nearly 2,000 feather fragments that had broken off earlier were ...
May 21, 2024 · Model of Moctezuma II on display (L), and replica headdress originally believed to have belonged to Moctezuma II (R), National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City As a young man, Moctezuma won a competition by being the first to climb up a tall pole and grab the effigy of the fire deity, Xiuhtecuhtli, during the harvest festivity of Xócotl ...
1 day ago · Montezuma II saw the stars of mamalhuatztli, and images of fighting men riding "on the backs of animals resembling deer", in a mirror on the crown of a bird caught by fishermen A two headed man, tlacantzolli , running through the streets
May 21, 2024 · In November, the Spanish force entered the city and was received by its ruler, Moctezuma II. Initially, the conquistadors were treated well by the Aztecs while they stayed in the city.
