The Teocalli of the Sacred War (teocalli is Nahuatl for "temple;" Spanish: El Teocalli de la Guerra Sagrada) is the name given by archaeologist Alfonso Caso to a monolithic pre-Columbian miniature of an Aztec temple, thought by some to have served as a throne for Motecuhzoma II.[1]
The sculpture was first discovered in 1831 in the foundations of the National Palace of Mexico, but was not removed until the 1920s.[2]
It is now located in the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City.
- ^ "Throne of Montezuma". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
- ^ F., Townsend, Richard (1997). State and cosmos in the art of Tenochtitlan. Harvard University. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. (3rd impr ed.). Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. ISBN 0884020835. OCLC 912811300.
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