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I Was There : Lost Temple of the Aztecs

What It Was Like When the Spaniards Invaded Mexico

by Shelley Tanaka · 1999

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Begins with the exciting recent discovery and excavation of the Great Temple in Mexico City. It then flashes back four centuries to tell the compelling story of the Spanish conquest of Mexico in vivid and accurate detail based on Aztec accounts. Dramatic paintings bring to life the tragic story of the conquest and the destruction of the Aztec civilization.

Juvenile literatureAztecsHistoryTemplo Mayor (Mexico City, Mexico)AntiquitiesSocial life and customsIndians of MexicoAztec mythologyReligionDiscovery and explorationSpanishExcavations (Archaeology)