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  2. Montezuma's treasure - Wikipedia

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    Montezuma's treasure is a legendary buried treasure said to be located in the Casa Grande ruins or elsewhere in the Southwestern United States and Mexico. [1] The legend is one of many treasure stories in American folklore. Thomas Penfield wrote, "There is not the slimmest thread of reality in this story which is common throughout Mexico and ...

  3. Battle of Otumba - Wikipedia

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    It took place on July 7, 1520, in Temalcatitlán, a plain near Otumba during the development of the Conquest of the Aztec Empire. The result of the battle was a victory for the Spanish, which allowed Cortés to reorganize his army, having suffered casualties a few days before in the episode known as La Noche Triste .

  4. Macehualtin - Wikipedia

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    This was a school for both boys and girls, but the girls and boys learned separately. In the telpochcalli, the young men learned martial arts and other aspects of Aztec warfare. [7] They spent a great deal of time engaged in physical labor around the school and around the community in order to build the young men's strength.

  5. Aztec warfare - Wikipedia

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    The formal education of the Aztecs was to train and teach young boys how to function in their society, particularly as warriors. The Aztecs had a relatively small standing army. Only the elite soldiers, part of the warrior societies (such as the Jaguar Knights), and the soldiers stationed at the few Aztec fortifications were full-time.

  6. Archaeologists find ancient treasures near grave of WWII soldier

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    The soldier was buried near a lake, and likely died in February 1945 while fighting for control of a bridge in Grzybek, Poland, according to a news release from the park on social media. Efforts ...

  7. Archaeologists Accidentally Found the Incredible Lost ...

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    British General Charles Cornwallis ordered the burning of a Continental Army barracks in Colonial Williamsburg in 1781. What he hoped to destroy forever was recently found by archaeologists ...

  8. Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire - Wikipedia

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    When Cortés and his men killed one of the Aztec leaders, the Aztecs broke off the battle and left the field. [ 49 ] : 303–05 In this retreat, the Spaniards suffered heavy casualties, losing 860 soldiers, 72 other Spanish members of Cortés' group, including five women, and 1,000 Tlaxcalan warriors.

  9. New artifacts found in legendary treasure-laden shipwreck - AOL

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    New artifacts have been found on the legendary Spanish galleon San Jose, Colombia's government announced Thursday, after the first robotic exploration of the three-century-old shipwreck.