aztec zodiac ring

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the aztecs were a people that gave great importance to time. that is why they created the stone of the sun, engraving with symbols what would be the aztec calendar, whose real name is cuauhxicalli. its origin is in the time of the emperor axayacatl, who was the sixth aztec king. the use of this aztec calendar continued until the year 1521, where a relevant place was reserved for it in the main temple of tenochtitlán. after the city was destroyed by the spanish, the stone of the sun was buried, sleeping the sleep of the just for several centuries. until in december 1790 it was discovered while the works for the construction of the new cathedral in the city of mexico were being carried out. the stone of the sun is a circular basalt stone, with a diameter of about three and a half meters and a weight of twenty-five tons. the aztec calendar is reflected in it as it brings together mathematical formulas destined to establish the reckoning of time as well as a series of keys whose purpose is to interpret the astrological signs.