The Aztec name for this huge stone is Cuauhxicalli (Eagle Bowl), but it is known as the Aztec Calendar or Sun Stone.How can we find out about the Aztec civilisation?


Create a multimedia presentation on Aztecs Gods

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Information on Aztec Gods l List of Aztec Gods

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Activity Sheets
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Ideas and Resources to support a Primary Project about Aztecs using the Internet.

The Aztec Religion
The Aztecs believed that it took four attempts at creating the earth and mankind before the gods finally got everything right with the fifth attempt. The first creation took place ......

Mexico Lesson Plans (Aztecs)

Aztec Images

General Websites

Did you know - the Aztecs invented chocolate?
www.cadbury.co.uk

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Aztec Calendar
There is not just one Aztec calendar, there are two independent systems. One calendar is called the xiuhpohualli and has 365 days. The other calendar has 260 days. In Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, it is called the Tonalpohualli Calendar. You can find out the present date, according to the Tonalpohualli.
www.azteccalendar.com

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More weblinks ...

www.42explore2.com/aztec.htm

www.crystalinks.com/aztecs.html

Aztec Architecture

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