Archaeologists may
have found passageway to ancient Aztec royal tomb, Associated Press, 12/02/2015
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Aztec leaders cremated between 1325-1521
presumably
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Tunnel-like passageway leads to two sealed
chambers, sealed with 3 ton rock slab, leads to ceremonial Cuauhxicalco
platform
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Led by Leonardo Lopez Lukan
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Archaeologists have looked for tombs for years,
no success
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Think chambers COULD have rulers of
Tenochtitlan, Montezuma I and successors, Axayactal and Tizoc
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Mystery: lack of royal burials in Tenochtitlan
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Mayan leaders including the Palenque ruler,
Pakal, were buried in sumptuous crypts or stone coffins
Offerings
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Human sacrifices, 5-7 year old children.
Possibly decapitated
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Stone knives, for human sacrifices
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Gold ornaments
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Bones of eagles and infants
Excavation
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Under stone monolith with Tlaltechuhtli, Aztec
god of Earth
Repatriation
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Mexico wants the feather-adorned “shield of
Ahuizotl” and the “Montezuma headdress” back from the Ethnology Museum in
Vienna, Austria
