Spanish chroniclers may have altered the name of the pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacan to erase its importance as a place of governance, Mexican experts said Tuesday.
The Aztecs may have called the city “Teohuacan” — literally “the city of the sun.” That contrasts with “the city of the gods” or “the place where men become gods” as Teotihuacan is translated.
Veronica Ortega, an archaeologist at the National Institute of Anthropology and History, said a lesser-known Aztec document contained a pictogram referring to the city as a combination of sun, temple and ruler signs.
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