The Sun Stone (or The Calendar Stone), Aztec, reign of Moctezuma II (1502–20), discovered in 1790 at the southeastern edge of the Plaza Mayor (Zocalo) in Mexico City, stone (unfinished), 358 cm diameter x 98 cm depth (Museo Nacional de Antropología)

The Sun Stone (or The Calendar Stone) (Aztec)

So ubiquitous that it has been used on currency, this unfinished stone records Aztec history and a future prophecy.

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