At that time, Aztec priests performed a special ritual ... days or even our current Gregorian value of 365.2425 days. The Sun Stone was hand-carved in the 52-year period from 1427 to 1479.

His design, an interpretation of the Aztec sun stone, was introduced Aug. 24 on the Suns' website and social media channels. According to the Suns, it's "a tribute to early ancestors of The ...

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The label on its pedestal reads “Piedra del Sol,” or “Stone of the Sun,” but another common name is “Aztec Calendar Stone.” Other uncertainties include the date of its creation ...

It was the third flat Aztec monolith to be discovered by accident in the vicinity of the Templo Mayor, along with a 24-ton black basalt Sun Stone (excavated in 1790) and an 8-ton Disk of ...

This is the latter. Called Fuego Nuevo, it’s a unique piece from Louis Moinet that features a dial made from meteorite with a laser-etched replica of the Aztec Sun Stone. The dial is a disc cut ...

This is a stone carving of Tlazolteotl, an Aztec figure shown giving birth ... The Tzitzimitl—astral deities visible when the sun was in eclipse—were often benign figures, but when the ...

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