A few months ago in the center of Mexico the remains of a falcon adorned with gold were exhumed. It is the latest discovery by archaeologists excavating under Constitution Square, where the conquistadors razed the main temple of the Aztec empire to erect the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary.
In this high place of the pre-Columbian world of Mesoamerica, discoveries have been constantly emerging since 1978, when an immense engraved stone disc symbolizing Coyolxauhqui, the goddess of the Moon, was unearthed. This monumental piece started it all. An archaeological museum has almost been built around it.
As a result of good collaboration with the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico, France today has the honor of revealing the most recently unearthed objects. Even Mexicans have not yet seen these treasures on display from April 3 in the vast gallery on the garden level at the Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac. However, they are constitutive…
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