In the anthropology museum the piedra del sol is stored in the national museum of
anthropology. describe the piedra del sol. which culture is it from and what was it used
for? what does it look like? also, describe the museum. what are some of the rooms
found there? what other items might you expect to find in the museum?

The Piedra del Sol, is a commemorative stone of 24 tons that represents the time created and destroyed by the ancient Azteca gods, in its center it has Tonatiuh, solar god of the Azteca tribe.

Piedra del Sol.

The Piedra del Sol, discovered in 1790, is one of the icons of the Aztec culture before the conquest, which allowed to commemorate the time, which, according to their beliefs, could be created and destroyed by their gods.

The 24-ton stone has a circular engraving, which consists of a central ring where Tonatiuh, the Aztec sun god, is represented, in addition to other concentric rings around it, in which other Aztec gods are represented.

Although it is often called the Aztec calendar, the Piedra del Sol is more of a commemorative stone, on which rites, combats or even sacrifices were probably performed.

Regarding the Museum of Anthropology of Mexico, you can find rooms such as: Los Toltecas y el Epiclásico, Mexica or Teotihuacán, and it has remarkable works such as the Monolith of Tláloc and the Chac mool.

If you want to learn more about the Aztecas, you can visit the following link: link

Well, La Piedra Del Sol, or Sun Stone, which was designed and used as a calendar by the Mexican people. The stone is not, therefore, in any sense a functioning calendar, but rather it is an elaborately carved solar disk, which for the Aztecs and other Mesoamerican cultures represented rulership. Some people use specific Aztec symbols such as the sun or a representation of an Aztec god like Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god.

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