Category Archives: Tenochtitlan

Saturday is Codex-Day (6)

Posted on 11/12/2010 by

Today, we will have one of the most direct references to human sacrifice in all the literature of the Aztecs. It can be found in the Codex Magliabecchiano on page 70r and looks like this: I won’t write about the … Continue reading →

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Peak sports performance during La Noche Triste (or not?)

Posted on 11/10/2010 by

Well, there we are going right into the happenings of the night from June 30th to July 1st 1520, the day, that got famous as La Noche Triste. A cool, silent night it was in which the Spaniards, after around … Continue reading →

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