The Aztec Templo Mayor

The Aztec Templo Mayor

Author: Antonio Serrato-Combe

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 220

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The Templo Mayor was a concrete manifestation of this unique system of beliefs. Antonio Serrato-Combe's carefully researched graphic treatments of these architectural spaces are at once both novel and stunning. Using computer-generated, three-dimensional color imagery, he presents a series of architectural topics ranging from site-planning principles to building details.


Life and Death in the Templo Mayor

Life and Death in the Templo Mayor

Author: Eduardo Matos Moctezuma

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 160

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The great temple known as the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan symbolizes the axis mundi, the Aztec center of the world, where the sky, the earth, and the underworld met. In this volume, Matos Moctezuma uses his unmatched familiarity with the archaeological details to present a concise and well-supported development of this theme.


The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan

The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan

Author: Johanna Broda

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780520056022

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Examines the importance of the Aztec temple from the perspectives of archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and religious historian


The History of the Indies of New Spain

The History of the Indies of New Spain

Author: Diego Durán

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 730

ISBN-13: 9780806126494

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An unabridged translation of a 16th century Dominican friar's history of the Aztec world before the Spanish conquest, based on a now-lost Nahuatl chronicle and interviews with Aztec informants. Duran traces the history of the Aztecs from their mythic origins to the destruction of the empire, and describes the court life of the elite, the common people, and life in times of flood, drought, and war. Includes an introduction and annotations providing background on recent studies of colonial Mexico, and 62 b&w illustrations from the original manuscript. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.


Near the Exit

Near the Exit

Author: Lori Erickson

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2019-08-13

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1611649552

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"An ideal guidebook to facing the inevitable." Foreword Reviews After her brother died unexpectedly and her mother moved into a dementia-care facility, spiritual travel writer and Episcopal deacon Lori Erickson felt called to a new quest: to face death head on, with the eye of a tourist and the heart of a pastor. Blending memoir, spirituality, and travel, Near the Exit examines how cultures confront and have confronted death, from Egypt's Valley of the Kings and Mayan temples, to a Colorado cremation pyre and Day of the Dead celebrations, to Maori settlements and tourist-destination graveyards. Erickson reflects on mortalityâ€"the ways we avoid it, the ways we cope with it, and the ways life is made more precious by accepting itâ€"in places as far away as New Zealand and as close as the nursing home up the street. Throughout her personal journey and her travels, Erickson  helps us to see that one of the most life-affirming things we can do is to invite death along for the ride.


Holy Rover

Holy Rover

Author: Lori Erickson

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2017-09-01

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1506420729

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"Whether describing mystical visions or the rhythms of everyday life, Erickson turns the spiritual journey into a series of exciting transformations." ÑPublishers WeeklyÊ(starred review) From her childhood on an Iowa farm, Lori Erickson grew up to travel the world as a writer specializing in holy sitesjourneys that led her on an ever-deepening spiritual quest. InÊHoly Rover, she weaves her personal narrative with descriptions of a dozen pilgrimages. Along the way, Erickson encounters spiritual leaders who include the chief priest of the Icelandic pagan religion of Asatru, a Trappist monk at Thomas Merton's Gethsemani Abbey, and a Lakota retreat director at South Dakota's Bear Butte. Both irreverent and devout,ÊHoly RoverÊincludes images of holy sites around the world taken by several of the nation's leading travel photographers. Travel writer, Episcopal deacon, and author of the Holy Rover blog atÊPatheos, Erickson is an engaging guide for pilgrims eager to take a spiritual journey. Her book describes travels that changed her life and can change yours, too.


Tenochtitlan

Tenochtitlan

Author: Eduardo Matos Moctezuma

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780500277522

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The Aztecs have fascinated and horrified Westerners for centuries. After Cortes' extraordinary conquest of the New World's most powerful civilization in 1521, the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, was levelled and its Great Temple demolished. Soon even the location of the old cult centre was lost - until 1978, when tunnelling for Mexico City's subway system unearthed clues that led to the rediscovery of the Great Temple and the most spectacular series of excavations ever conducted in Mexico.


Mexico

Mexico

Author: Michael D. Coe

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13:

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Masterly....The complexities of Mexico's ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted.--Library Journal