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1. www.khanacademy.org › humanities › ap-art-historyTemplo Mayor at Tenochtitlan, the Coyolxauhqui ... - Khan Academy

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   The Templo Mayor was approximately ninety feet high and covered in stucco. Two grand staircases accessed twin temples, which were dedicated to the deities Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli. Tlaloc was the deity of water and rain and was associated with agricultural fertility.

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   The Templo Mayor, a key Aztec temple, was destroyed and buried by the Spaniards during their conquest. Today, its remains reveal seven layers of construction, each by a different ruler. The temple was dedicated to two main Aztec deities, Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc.

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   • Author: Beth Harris,Steven Zucker

   • But human sacrifice was a holy and sacred practice, and it is slightly disturbing, but it was a sacr...

     The Spaniards did not destruct the temple pointlessly or simply because they didn't 'like' it. Rather, they were in the process of the conquest and...
   • i know i'm not the only one who would of wanted to see this before the destruction.

     Aren't you glad that someone drew pictures?
   • How much is it appropriate to blame the 16th Century Spaniards for the destruction of the Aztec temp...

     Have you information that the Spaniards actually saw human sacrifices happening at the temples in question? I am not doubting that it DID happen, b...
   • What are the black dots on the Temple Mayor (Or whatever it is called).

     I just watched the whole thing, looking closely at all pictures of the ruins that have been exposed, and saw no "black dots". Were you referring to...
   • why did people destroy these architects

     1) The political reason was to show the power of the colonizers over the colonized. 2) The religious reason was to show the power of the colonizers...
   • Who is "Tonatiuh"?

     In Mesoamerican culture, Tonatiuh (Nahuatl: Tōnatiuh [toːˈnatiʍ] "Movement of the Sun") was an Aztec sun deity of the daytime sky and ruled the car...

4. www.khanacademy.org › humanities › ap-art-historyCoyolxauhqui Stone (video) | Khan Academy

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   Coyolxauhqui Monolith (Aztec), c. 1500, volcanic stone, found Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan, excavated 1978 (Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank. Created by Steven Zucker and Beth Harris.

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   Who was the Templo Mayor?

   • Shortly thereafter, archaeologists realized that the monolith displayed the Mexica (Aztec) goddess Coyolxauhqui, or Bells-Her-Cheeks, the sister of the Mexica’s patron god, Huitzilopochtli (Hummingbird-Left), who killed his sister when she attempted to kill their mother. This monolith led to the discovery of the Templo Mayor, the main Mexica (or

   Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan, the Coyolxauhqui Stone, and an Olmec …

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   What is the Templo Mayor Museum?

   • The museum of the Templo Mayor was built in 1987 to house the Templo Mayor Project and its finds—a project which continues work to this day. In 1991, the Urban Archeology Program was incorporated as part of the Templo Mayor Project whose mission is to excavate the oldest area of the city, around the main plaza.

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   What did the Templo Mayor symbolize?

   • Clearly, the decorations and rituals associated with the Templo Mayor connoted the power of the Mexica empire and their patron deity, Huitzilopochtli. At the top center of the Tlaloc temple is a sculpture of a male figure on his back painted in blue and red. The figure holds a vessel on his abdomen likely to receive offerings.

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   What do you know about Templo sacred precinct?

   • Most of what is known about this temple is based on the historical record. It was at the time the largest and most important active ceremonial center. Fray Bernardino de Sahagún reported that the Sacred Precinct had 78 buildings with Templo Mayor towering above them all.

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Templo_MayorTemplo Mayor - Wikipedia

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   View of the Templo Mayor and the surrounding buildings. The Templo Mayor (English: Main Temple) was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City. Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica.

   • Area: 3,010.86 ha
   • Inscription: 1987 (11th Session)

   • Periods: Late Postclassic
   • Location: Mexico City, Mexico

7. pl.khanacademy.org › humanities › ap-art-historyTemplo Mayor at Tenochtitlan, the Coyolxauhqui ... - Khan Academy

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   This monolith led to the discovery of the Templo Mayor, the main Mexica temple located in the sacred precinct of the former Mexica capital, known as Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City). View of the Templo Mayor excavations today in the center of what is now Mexico City, photo: Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank.

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   Dec 6, 2023 · If you visit the Templo Mayor today, you can walk through the excavated site on platforms. The Templo Mayor museum contains those objects found at the site, including the recent discovery of the largest Mexica monolith showing the deity Tlaltecuhtli.

10. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Coyolxauhqui_StoneCoyolxauhqui Stone - Wikipedia

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    Templo Mayor site. Present location. Templo Mayor Museum, Mexico City. Culture. Aztec. The Coyolxāuhqui Stone is a carved, circular Aztec stone, depicting the mythical being Coyolxāuhqui ("Bells-Her-Cheeks"), in a state of dismemberment and decapitation by her brother, the patron deity of the Aztecs, Huitzilopochtli.