Posted on 11/16/2006 4:24:08 PM PST by decimon
MEXICO CITY - Mexican archaeologists said on Thursday there are indications that the tomb of an Aztec emperor could lie beneath a recently-uncovered carved stone monolith showing a fearsome, blood-drinking god.
Researchers hope to begin removing the stone to explore a pit that lies beneath. A date carved on the stone and its unusual placement suggest it contains the remains of emperor Ahuizotl, the father of Moctezuma, the Aztec ruler defeated by the Spaniards.
Archaeologist Eduardo Matos said it would be the first burial ever found of a leader of the 1427-1521 Aztec empire.
Poor buggers. Apparently they had democrats then too. As if they didn't have enough problems.
Where was Pat at the relevant time?
Time was a grand circle to them.
According to their calculations...
*We'll Be Back*
Great! Someone tell the Atzlan crowd that this was not a tomb under a monument here in the USA, but down south of OUR border. Notice they never find Aztec monuments, tombs, etc up here...that's because THEY NEVER LIVED HERE!
It's possible, but burial of kings in those civilizations was not a biggie, so it would be unlikely.
allah, no doubt. See, mohammadism is much older than we thought.
ggg ping
Really interesting. Is "Ahuizotl" pronounced the way it looks?
I'm really looking forward to prayer in public schools.
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Did they drink blood because the water was bad?
Agreed,
sounds like a bit of historical wishfull thinking,
as in,
'it might be, therefore, get in in writing early '.
They ate the bodies bacause there was no protein anywhere else.
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