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Stone of Tizoc

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Sculpture · c. 1485 · Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) · Americas

A sacrificial stone as chronicle: ruler Tizoc seizing the gods of conquered cities

Stone of Tizoc
Anonymous Mexica artist · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Style
Aztec Art — Imperial propaganda in stone: cosmos, sacrifice and the ruler's power carved in basalt
Century
15th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

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