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La Piedra Del Sol: Loss Of The Sun Stone
10/10/11
La Piedra del Sol

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In 1790 this huge monolith was discovered beneath the surface of the Zocalo, the main square of Mexico City. They had remained buried for 269 years after the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan. It's called the Sun Stone and represents the vision of the cosmos that had the ancient Mexicans. The stone measures twelve feet in diameter and weighs twenty-four toneiadas. It is estimated that the artists who carved the stone Aztec took nearly twenty years to complete the work. Today is the centerpiece of the most important exhibitions of the museum room National Anthropology and History located in Chapultepec Park in Mexico City. The loss of the Sun is also known as the Calendar Azekah, though not precisely

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