Aztecs: Inside the hidden empire 2/5

Ancient Voices - Aztecs: Inside the hidden empire Part 2

Brutal, Sophisticated, Misunderstood, Beneath the sprawl of modern-day Mexico City lie the once-glorious remains of the Aztec Capital of Tenochtitlan. From this teeming 15th-century hub, the Aztecs ruled a realm of fabulous architecture, advanced science and intricate artwork. But they are best known for their reliance on human sacrifice and violent conquest to control their world. Why, then, did a civilization capable of such beauty and accomplishment harbor such violence at its very heart? Join leading researchers on a journey from the magnificent past of North America's greatest empire to its poignant remnants today. Visit the ghostly ruins of Teotihuacan where the Aztec myth was born and through virtual-reality, see the long-vanished Tenochtitlan rise again in all its ceremonial splendor. Then, witness the arrival of the Spanish and the grisly excesses on both sides that ultimately led to the Aztecs' downfall. Aztecs: Inside the Hidden Empire reveals all the complex and surprising sides of this world of "blood and flowers." Now, renowned experts and breakthrough techniques reveal history's most sought-after secrets...in the echo of ANCIENT VOICES. See lost worlds brought to life again through state-of-the-art virtual reality reconstructions, stunning location filming and evocative reenactments. And get closer than ever before to the extraordniary human minds behind the myths, mysteries and monuments.

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[jethro035181]

@zacatetas ...that's true, but the main greek contribution to world civilization is homosexuality ...i don't think the aztec contribution of chili peppers and chihuahua dogs can top that

[betincb]

Even the spartans and people from Cartago did human sacrifice. Not just ancient aztecs.

[aimedbm]

@betincb People from Europe didnt practiced human sacrifice you have wrong informations...

[MegaSpidey99]

so where thr FUCK did they settle in the lake pr in that place called Teotihuacan ????

[gg2000gg2000]

Probably a good thing the Spaniards wiped out these Barbaric fucks

[LPdANDYz]

@arisaris100 --True aztec people are from ancient S.W. u.s. the tribes in that area have similar language and ceremonies that show its no myth. The group that allied themselves with the spanish was the tlaxcala... they were like the only peoples not in the triple Alliance. They just thought of the spanish as a force of allies 800..and maybe 50,000 Tlaxcala..once the Mexica was taken out, the spanish killed Tlaxcalan leaders. Took the empire one by one during ceremonial practice and smallpocks.

[LPdANDYz]

@arisaris100 You should look on the site I put down..Theres lots of new info that is being decoded..blowing peoples minds of how advanced they were..What we were all taught is a pinch true. Lots of exagerated lies...2 make the spanish look like gods ahah. But everyone contridicts themselves.. and even Hernan Cortez. Theres ligit Mexica aka aztec writings in english, In the late 1800's some writer called them the aztecs and it stuck like that ever since and now barely made right. The Aztlan--

[arisaris100]

@LPdANDYz Thus they attacked seeing it as the best time to kill as most men possible. Those men had little value in their lives so they massacred the aztecs. It all backfired for them.

[arisaris100]

@LPdANDYz Yea but wasnt the spanish supported by rebelous clans? I heard the Number was 1 spaniard = 200 Native Meso American. I feel bad for the aztecs but then i look at the pratice of human sacrifice and its river of blood covers up all its achievements. Such as having a complex city, advances in math and other stuff as well. The scene your refering is the King of Aztecs parades is warriors in sign of imidiadtion to the Spanish unarmed. Little did they know those Spaniards were lowest of low

[LPdANDYz]

@arisaris100 I hear u... but the last leader of them, stopped all that. People and different city states were more connected then we think. not big war, thats how the spanish survived, getting 2 know them and when most leaders were unarmed the spanish killed them in the hundreds..look it up. Everyone is destroying all survival.

[arisaris100]

@LPdANDYz i dont feel any hate towards the aztecs just truth. After and before Greece and Rome. People fought vilages against villages in Fudalistic style. The Aztecs are as advanced as the Sumerians of Mesopatamia. Not there fault everyone has there own pace just how far they got. Everyone knows the Victor forces loser to his will. Had the Aztecs invaded Europe we would be the minority screaming about injustices. Its way of life sadly the strong rule and weak are ruled.