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The Mexica (Aztecs) treated #arthritis with sympathetic magic and with powerful narcotic plants, including toloache - a traditional Mexican love potion! https://t.co/H0dC1lAg1x Image from the Florentine Codex Book XI.
500 years ago on this fateful day (Feb 10th 1519) Cortés set sail hurriedly from Cuba to conquer Mexico. How different the world would be if Diego Velazquez, governor of Cuba, had succeeded in stopping him... https://t.co/eJlrPML8oh (Illustration by Miguel Covarrubias)
So is it true a Mexica/Aztec person could be killed for cutting down a tree (asked by a kid in one of our school workshops)? Find out the answer here... https://t.co/Gh9mjlay6f (Image from the Florentine Codex Book XI)
Music was part of Mexica ritual & religion - at the centre of daily life. Here a musician blows a conch shell trumpet during a ritual for channelling fresh water to Tenochtitlan. Basic Aztec Facts: AZTEC MUSIC https://t.co/aFGMdqGQm4
'Aztec Hell - Christian Mictlan' by Ben Leeming: how the Spanish demonised the Aztec underworld Mictlan - turning it into a place of torment... https://t.co/sQAJsTgCm5
If #Aztec superstitions are to be believed (see the Florentine Codex Bk V), we owe the modern English expression 'First come, first served' to the #Mexica... https://t.co/dj6wJFTTMg
#Mexica (#Aztec) dentists developed standard prescriptions for preventing halitosis [bad breath] and tooth decay https://t.co/1eocR8sSnW
By wearing a #mask did the #Aztecs believe they were taking on extra powers? Read Prof David Carrasco's answer https://t.co/00zmFFCfrW
What did the Aztecs call the Spanish invaders and what was the fate of the Aztec nobility? https://t.co/dWWNvaGNLd
Q. What did the Aztecs invent we use today in London? A. Travel passes on the Underground! https://t.co/tpVg01yXfB