Watch: Aztec codex on display in Mexico for first time in 186 years
Sep 18, 04:27 PM
A centuries-old document telling the story of the Aztec civilisation and its fall after the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in pictograms is going on display in Mexico for the first time in 186 years.
The manuscript, known as Codex Azcatitlán, has been held in France's Bibliothèque Nationale since 1898, but had already spent decades outside of Mexico before that.
It is thought to have been drawn in the 16th Century - a few years after the arrival of the conquistadors in what is now Mexico - and is widely considered one of the most valuable and insightful tellings of the history of the Aztecs.
France has lent Codex Azcatitlán to Mexico to mark 200 years of Franco-Mexican relations.
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