Montezuma observing a comet, miniature from the History of the Indies by Diego Duran. 1537-1588.
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In 1520, Spanish conquistadors lost 8 tons of gold as they fled the Aztec capital. Known as Montezuma’s Treasure, fortune hunters have been looking for it ever since.
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The Changing Interpretation of the Spanish Conquest in the Americas
The fall in 1519 of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Mexica or Aztec Empire, as it was later called, laid the foundation for the Spanish colonial empire on the North American mainland. It was the first time that Europeans had subjugated a highly organized state outside the world they had hitherto known. In the process, they created the basis for the first global colonial empires.
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Cristhian Esquivel as Montezuma in the historical drama, “Carlos V, Rey Emperador”
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UWC-USA (aka Armand Hammer United World College of the American West) is a United World College school in Montezuma, New Mexico, founded in 1982 by businessman Armand Hammer. The castle was already there, a former resort that had fallen into neglect.
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Staring out at the sea
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Civilization 6 - Great Bath
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Trône de Montezuma
Le magnifique monument de pierre, appelé tour à tour Monument de la guerre sacrée, Teocalli de la guerre sacrée, Pierre du temple ou, plus simplement, trône de Montezuma II (Moctezuma), le roi aztèque (tlatoani) qui régnait à l'époque de la conquête espagnole, est recouvert de sculptures en relief représentant des symboles, des dieux et Montezuma lui-même. Le trône, sculpté en forme de temple pyramidal, commémore la cérémonie du nouveau feu de 1507 et démontre par l'art le lien indissociable entre le feu et l'eau et entre les dirigeants de ce monde et le cosmos éternel. Il s'agit de l'un des chefs-d'œuvre de l'art aztèque, que l'on peut admirer dans sa résidence permanente au Musée national d'anthropologie de Mexico.
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Treasure hunters have been looking for Montezuma’s legendary golden treasure for centuries. Recent evidence suggests it could be hiding in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona.
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"oh man, what i used to be,
oh man, oh my, oh me"
montezuma, fleet foxes
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