by Linnea Wren | 1 June 2010 | Museums, Pre-Columbian
Art Daily has just announced that nearly 100 prehispanic objects deposited by the Mexica (often called the Aztecs) in the ceremonial precinct of in their capital of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City) will be on display in Mexico City. The exhibition will open in the later part of June 2010. The objects, which include wooden masks and scepters, flint knives, golden ornaments and the remains of marine animals, were placed as offerings to the deity Tlaltecuhtli at the foot of the Templo Mayor.
