Sunday, May 27, 2007

Possible Aztec offerings

Possible Aztec offerings found in Mexico (AP)

TO GO WITH MEXICO MOUNTAIN ARCHAEOLOGY - Artifacts of wood sit in a bucket in an archaeological site in the crater of the extinct Nevado de Toluca volcano, Mexico, Thursday, May 24, 2007. Archaeologists have found wooden lightning bolts that match what Spanish priests wrote about 500 years ago while describing offerings at the lake by Aztecs to their rain god Tlaloc. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)AP - Archaeologists diving into a lake in the crater of a snowcapped volcano found wooden scepters shaped like lightning bolts that match 500-year-old descriptions by Spanish priests and conquerors writing about offerings to the Aztec rain god.


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