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Excavations Uncover Details About the Aztec Town Where Spaniards Were Sacrificed
Life for the 5,000 inhabitants of Zúltepec was simple, until the town became a ceremonial center housing hundreds of prisoners from a Spanish-led caravan who were ritually sacrificed and probably eaten.
Pre-Hispanic Items Up for Auction in France Are Fake, Mexico Says
The Joron Derem and Binoche et Giquello auction houses are set to sell off dozens of pieces beginning tomorrow, but Mexico's official archaeological institute said 65 percent of the items are of recent creation.
Thousands of Precious Objects Unearthed in Ancient Mexican City of Teotihuacan
Archeologists hope the discovery will help shed light on the people who built the mysterious city, which the Aztecs named 'birthplace of the gods' when they arrived hundreds of years after its abandonment.
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