A large carved basalt disc created by the Aztec (Mexica) civilization in the late fifteenth century, bearing a central solar deity face surrounded by symbols recording Aztec cosmology and the calendar. Rediscovered beneath the Zócalo in Mexico City in 1790, it is now one of the most recognized surviving works of Mesoamerican art.
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A large carved basalt disc created by the Aztec (Mexica) civilization in the late fifteenth century, bearing a central solar deity face surrounded by symbols recording Aztec cosmology and the calendar.
2. Aztec sun stone (Wikipedia)
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It was José Damián Ortiz de Castro, the architect overseeing public works, who reported the finding of the sun stone on 17 December 1790.
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The Aztec sun stone (Spanish: Piedra del Sol) is a late post-classic Mexica sculpture housed in the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, and is perhaps the most famous work of Mexica sculpture.
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