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Aztec Artifacts

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Coatlicue: the rear view of the goddess of the earth and of death. She is represented as a decapitated woman and her name derives from her skirts of serpents. The volcanic stone sculpture dates from 1250-1321A.D. Museo Nacional de Antropología Mexico City

 

 

 

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