Carving depicting an eagle, with the date of the foundation of Tenochtitlan   1325 AD
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Carving depicting an eagle, with the date of the foundation of Tenochtitlan 1325 AD

Caption

Carving depicting an eagle, with the date of the foundation of Tenochtitlan 1325 AD, According to the legend surrounding the founding of Tenochtitlan the Aztecs would know the right place to build because they would see an eagle bearing a serpent in his claw perched on a great cactus. Mexico. Aztec.

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Werner Forman Archive/ Museum fur Volkerkunde, Basel

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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

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UMG12A26_067

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