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Xochitecatl is located in a dominant position upon the summit of a 4 km-wide extinct volcano that forms a range of hills that rises approximately 200 meters above the floor of the Puebla-Tlaxcala Valley; the so-called Atlachino-Nativitas-Xochitecatl block, which is located in the centre of the valley.
Codex Fejérváry-Mayer Statue of Xochipilli (From the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City) In the mid-19th century, a 16th-century [citation needed] Aztec statue of Xochipilli was unearthed on the side of the volcano Popocatépetl near Tlalmanalco. The statue is of a single figure seated upon a temple-like base.
Xochitl (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈʃoːtʃitɬ], pronunciation r. 877–916) was a Toltec empress consort and wife of Tecpancaltzin Iztaccaltzin. Her existence beyond legend is questionable, and accounts of her life are mainly based on the writings of indigenous historian Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl .
Xóchitl (Mexican Spanish pronunciation: [ˈʃotʃitɬ]) [1] is the Hispanicized version of "xōchitl", the Nahuatl word for flower (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈʃoːtʃitɬ]) is a given name that is somewhat common in Mexico and among Chicanos for girls.
The municipality is located roughly 1.9 km (1.2 mi) above sea level and covers an area of 163.72 km 2 (63.21 sq mi). [2] To the north, it borders the municipalities of Tochtepec and Tecamachalco, to the west is Huitziltepec and Molcaxac, to the south are the municipalities of Juan N. Mendez and Tepexi de Rodríguez, and to the east are Yehualtepec and the municipality of Tlacotepec de Benito ...
The award-winning author of 'Olga Dies Dreaming' and 'Anita de Monte Laughs Last' on Elena Ferrante, 'The Joy Luck Club,' and the Book That Sealed a Friendship.
This sculpture, created by the Olmecs, is located in the Museum of Anthropology of Xalapa, Veracruz. The sculpture represents the first use of atlantes in Mesoamerica. However, it differs from the Atlantean figures in Tula because it is not in-the-round, and is instead a relief on a table.
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