sábado, 28 de mayo de 2011

HW. the national anthropology museum

It´s located in mexico city on ave. paseo de la reforma and calzada in colonia chapultepec polanco. the subway stantion are anthropology open in 1971 in a fine now buliding disegned by architect Pedro Rmairez Vazquez. the Grand flor focuses on the native cultures on sociales of mexico. the famous aztecan sun stone is only small park and fantastic collection of arttwork from yhe indigenous populations of Mexico.It´s in room 7 (sala mexicana) of the museum. It was discover buried beneath the zocalo in 1790, it was originally throught to be a calendary, and for a brfef time, a sacrifical altar. in the stounds center is the sun god tonatiuh The aztecas belive that prior to the existence, the worl had gone throught four periods ("suns") of creation industruction. the ring arround panels is feeld with simbols representhing the 20 days of the aztecas mounths. finally, two snocks form and other ring and point to a day, 1011 A.D. when the 5 suns (the aztecas current world) was created.


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