Aztec Calendar Stone Replica Picture and Aztec Sun Calendar History

One of the most famous symbols of Mexico that many
people recognize is the Aztec Calendar.

In the year 1790, in a square, known as the Zocalo, in
Mexico City, while doing excavation for a drainage
system, workers uncovered the massive basalt stone that
has come to be known as the " Aztec Calendar"

This circular carved stone is 3 feet thick, approximatly
12 feet in diameter and weights more than 24 tons. The
huge stone disk is decorated with assorted pictures and
geometric symbols arranged in a series of concentric
circles. Symbols of the 20 day Aztec Calendar are said
to encircle the disk. At the center of the disk is a human
like face ot the sun god Tonatiuth with a protruding
tongue sticking out in the form of a knife blade.

The Aztec Calendar , probably due to its resemblance
to a sun dial is also known as the " sunstone" or " stone
of the sun ".

Some modern scholars believe the Aztec Calendar
was more than a mere calendar, and possibly a map of
the Aztecs destiny, telling when their world began and
when it would end. The Aztec Calendar is currently stored
and on display in the National Museum of Archaology in
Mexico City. The Aztec Calendar Replica shown above is
similar in color and appearance to the actual Aztec
Calendar.