Answer: an eagle on a cactus
What Aztec symbols can you recognize in the image above?

The total matrix capacity for a full symbol can be calculated as (112+16*L)*L for a full Aztec code and (88+16*L)*L for a compact Aztec code where L is the symbol size in layers. As an example the total matrix capacity of a compact Aztec code with 1 layer …

Mon Oct 08 2001 14:30:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) · The Aztecs (/ ˈ æ z t ɛ k s /) were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec peoples included different ethnic groups of central Mexico particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to the 16th centuries. Aztec culture was organized into city-states ...

The coat of arms of Mexico depicts a Mexican eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a rattlesnake. The design is rooted in the legend that the Aztec people would know where to build their city once they saw an eagle eating a snake on top of a lake. The image has been an important symbol of Mexican politics and culture for centuries. To the people of Tenochtitlan this symbol had strong …

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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. It measures 358 centimetres (141 in) in diameter and 98 centimetres (39 in) thick and weighs 24 590 kg (54 210 lb). Shortly after the Spanish conquest the monolithic sculpture was buried in ...

Tezcatlipoca (/ ˌ t ɛ z k æ t l i ˈ p oʊ k ə /; Classical Nahuatl: Tezcatlipōca Nahuatl pronunciation: [teskatɬiˈpoːka] ()) was a central deity in Aztec religion and his main festival was the Toxcatl ceremony celebrated in the month of May. One of the four sons of Ometecuhtli and Omecihuat...


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