Aztec

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a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519

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Munoz notes the essence of the original Mexica traditions: the opening dedication to the four cardinal points, the use of fire, dance and, the practice of all night vigils and canticos on important ritual and historical dates, such as August 13 th (the fall of Tenochtitlan to the Spaniards) and May 17th (the feast of Toxcatl in honor of Huitzilopochtli, the god of the Mexicas).
Aztec dance along the Ruta de Cortes: a search for new ethnic identities
BIODISTANCES AMONG MEXICA, MAYA, TOLTEC, AND TOTONAC GROUPS OF CENTRAL AND COASTAL MEXICO
Las distancias biologicas entre los mexicas, mayas, toltecas, y totonacas de Mexico central y zona costera
The tomb, according to Lopez Lujan, would not be as large as that of Tutankhamun in Egypt or the Maya funeral chambers of Copan in Honduras, "because the Mexicas (Aztecs) never build arches or vaults.
Archaeologists on verge of discovering only known tomb of Aztec king
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