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Aztec sacrifice

The Aztec Stone of the Sun, a large circular stone carved with intricate symbols and the face of Tonatiuh at the center, displayed at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.

Colossal stone statue of Tlaloc, the Aztec god of rain, with stylized facial features and geometric shapes, standing outdoors at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.

Stone carving of the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl with a stylized face and radiating plumes on the Temple of Quetzalcoatl at Teotihuacan, Mexico.

Mictlantecuhtli sculpture

Xochiquetzal, illustration from the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer

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