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2 unusual facts about Aztec calendar stone


Aztec calendar stone

Richard Townsend proposed a different theory, claiming that the figure at the centre of the stone represents Tlaltecuhtli, the Mexica sea or earth monster who features in Mexica creation myths.

One theory is that the face at the center of the stone represents Tonatiuh, the Aztec deity of the sun.



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