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| The Aztecs had a RELIGIOUS calendar and an
SOLAR calendar. The RELIGIOUS year had 20 days and 13 numbers. (260 days) The SOLAR year had 18 months each 20 days long and 5 spare days. (365 days) Archaeologists worked out how these calendars worked by studying artefacts such as the sunstones. Here's a sunstone for you to study. |
| It was during the reign of the 6th Aztec
Emperor in 1479 that this stone was carved and dedicated to the principal Aztec god: the
sun. It weighs almost 25 tons, has a diameter of just under 12 feet, and a thickness of 3 feet. On December 17th, 1760 the stone was discovered, buried in the "Zocalo" (the main square) of Mexico City. |
The centre part of the sunstone Click on the face to EXPLORE the stone |
| If you would like to try calculating todays
date in Aztec Calendar style, then visit Pepe Baeza's Calandar Calculator .... just click
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If you would like to see more artefacts visit the James Jacob's website.
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