The Aztecs [antikvár]

13In the early chronicles of the history of the Mexican people, one image constantly arisesthe great city of Tula. Abandoned in the 12th century, Tula, the erstwhile capital of the Toltec civilization, left its mark on the entire history of ancient Mexico.CHAPTER ITULA, THE MYTHICAL BEGINNINGAl 6th-century depiction of the earliest stage in the history of the Mexica (the Aztecs), the start of their migration, when they lived in caves and hunted for food (left).Man's head in stone (right) with eyes of pink mother-of-pearl encrusted with circles of pyrite and teeth of white mother-of-pearl.