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Chapter 737: The Golden Statue of ‘God of War’
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The statue has two heads and four arms. The two heads have long feather crowns and different expressions on their faces. The outer two of the four arms hold a spreading eagle and a circling feathered serpent respectively. The two hands in the center
In the right hand is a golden spear that is more than 6 meters long and as thick as an adult's calf. In the left hand is a huge golden shield like a door panel. The surface of the golden shield is engraved with a statue of a tiger-headed and human body in relief.
Mighty and extraordinary.
In addition, the upper body of the statue does not wear clothes, but is decorated with some huge gemstones on the neck and arms, making the upper body look very gorgeous.
The lower body is a war skirt that only reaches the knee, and then he stands barefoot on a huge obsidian altar about 2 meters high.
Looking at the tall and mighty golden statue in front of him, Liu Dong couldn't help but marvel at the superb skills of the Aztecs.
But what attracted him even more was the various gold and silver utensils, gold and silver sand, gold and silver coins and various gemstones placed in the space of nearly 4,000 square meters around the statue!
A huge amount of treasures worth more than one billion US dollars are just piled up randomly, like a small mountain of gold. They are so glittering that they dazzle the human eye.
However, after Liu Dong took a few deep breaths, he temporarily suppressed the hot emotions in his heart. Anyway, these treasures are his own and cannot escape!
So he planned to first take a look at the treasure now placed on the huge gold desk, which was considered the most precious by the Aztecs and should be worshiped to the gods.
Compared to the previous Pyramid of the Corn God, there are undoubtedly more treasures enshrined here.
There are 15 items in total, large and small.
But not everything is valuable. For example, the giant snake skull the size of a round table that Liu Dong saw was probably cut off by the Aztecs after hunting a giant anaconda that was over 20 meters tall.
After taking his head, he offered it to the god in front of him.
Although the skull of this giant forest anaconda is very rare and has certain collection value, I am afraid not many people are interested in this white and ferocious snake head.
Of course, since Liu Dong has encountered it now, no matter how much it is worth, he should put it away. Anyway, his mustard space is large enough. This is not bad.
But what made Liu Dong curious was that he actually saw porcelain from China on this huge gold altar table, and it was also Yue kiln secret color porcelain!
Holding up this folded porcelain plate with a diameter of about 25 centimeters, while Liu Dong was looking at it, he remembered the story of the seven golden cities of Civola that Ivanka had told him before.
"It seems that the Aztecs really destroyed these descendants of the Spaniards!" Liu Dongxin said.
Exchanges between China and the West had already developed in the Han Dynasty and reached their peak in the Tang Dynasty. Along the Silk Road, a large number of oriental commodities were imported from China to Western society along the long sandy road.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the Spaniards in the 8th century had secret-color porcelain from the Yue kilns of the Tang Dynasty. However, China had no exchanges with the Americas. And the Spanish colonists would never hand over exquisite porcelain to the Indians who did not have enough for themselves.
, then there is only one possibility for the origin of these porcelains!
In the 8th century, the Spaniards took church property to sea!
These porcelains were the trophies of the Aztecs. The Aztecs, who had never seen such exquisite works of art, dedicated them to the most revered gods of their country.
The main god of the Aztecs was ‘Huitzilopochtli’, whom they regarded as the god of the sun and the god of war!
At the beginning, the Aztecs also respected the guidance of the main god 'Huitzilopochtli'. They left Aztlan and found Lake Texcoco in the Anahuac Valley. They saw a fish with a mouth in its mouth.
The eagle with a snake rested on the cactus, and then followed the guidance of the main god to establish Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire. Then the Aztecs became one of the three major civilizations in America.
After putting away the Yue Yao Secret Color Porcelain, which was not of the highest quality but was of great significance, Liu Dong quickly found new evidence about the Aztecs' destruction of the golden city of Civola.
A 1.5-meter-tall gold staff inlaid with various gemstones and engraved with angel patterns is obviously something that only appears in Christianity.
Then Liu Dong discovered a golden Bible!
These are not Aztec things.
But regardless of whether the Aztecs destroyed the seven golden cities of Cibola and obtained these treasures from Europe, now they will ultimately end up in Liu Dong's pocket.
That's enough!
As for getting to the bottom of it, let's leave it to historians and archaeologists. I believe that when Liu Dong recreates this ancient city in China, many people will be willing to help him solve this mystery.
After putting away these pieces of art that clearly did not belong to the Aztec civilization, Liu Dong looked at the remaining items.
What surprised him slightly was that among these things, Liu Dong discovered the Crystal Skull again!
However, compared to the previous crystal skull in the Pyramid of the Maize God, the one Liu Dong discovered now is completely golden and crystal clear. Not only does it not make people feel ferocious at all, but it feels very beautiful.
Unfortunately, Liu Dong used the relic Yuanguang to investigate and did not get any useful information.
The few remaining items of worship are gold statues inlaid with gems, or gorgeous crowns, and gold spears, etc. They are exquisite and have collection value, but they have no humanistic value.
However, the number of good things is limited, so I am very satisfied to be able to find these Liu Dong!
Soon Liu Dong collected all the gold, silver, jade and other valuable things in the temple, and the golden statue of 'Huitzilopochtli' was the most valuable work of art that he could not let go.
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After nearly two hours, the originally huge pyramid of the war god "Huitzilopochtli" was dismantled.
Next, it was the turn of the pyramid on the west side of the square to suffer!
The statue enshrined here is also a goddess holding a scepter. Based on the little Aztec knowledge Liu Dong learned from Ivanka, he understood that this goddess should be the rain god worshiped by the Aztecs.
Tlaloc'!
This great god in the Aztec civilization was in charge of the rainy and dry seasons, and could also bring floods, hail or storms. He was the most powerful god after Huitzilopochtli, and he enjoyed both.
The Great Temple is dedicated to the two most beloved and respected gods of the Aztecs.
Therefore, the temple of the Rain God is similar in size to the Temple of the God of War and comparable to the Temple of the Maize God.
There are 11 precious sacrifices placed on the gold table in the temple, one of which is a purple crystal skull, and this is the third and last one Liu Dong found. It is almost carved out of complete crystal and is flawless.
crystal skull.
The rest are the creation god Turok-Navak, the sun god Tonantzin, Quetzalcoatl god Quetzalcoatl, the 'two-headed god' Omet Kutli and his wife Ometchihuatl
From a total of four temples, although Liu Dong obtained a huge amount of skulls made of gold, silver, crystal and emerald, they were no longer the crystal skulls with many legends, but were made by the Aztecs themselves.
Skull jewelry!
After all, it has long been proven in the historical circles that the Aztecs loved to make various skull decorations.
Both the British Museum and the Louvre now have crystal skull artworks left by the Aztecs on display.
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Seven huge pyramids, the Aztecs spent unimaginable financial, material and manpower to build them.
But 15 hours later, they disappeared from Liu Dong's hands.
And these 15 hours were eight hours of pain and joy for Liu Dong. The countless huge heritage of the Aztec civilization gathered together the most essential works of art of a civilization, which made Liu Dong's heart surge and he was extremely excited.
Putting away the seven huge pyramids in the best possible condition is also a heavy task that tests your patience.
Fortunately, Liu Dong finally persisted, but compared to the huge ancient city of Aztlan, this was just the first step in a long march of thousands of miles. There were many small pyramids, temples, and huge palaces waiting in the back.
He went to collect it, and the aristocratic residential area in the center of the ancient city under the high platform, the peripheral commercial area, even most civilian residences, and even the mighty city walls were all within the scope of Liu Dong's plan.
But if you want to do all this, it takes too much time and energy!
If it weren't for the existence of the Relic Yuan Guang and the Mustard Seed Space, Liu Dong would have moved the treasures from seven pyramids at most, without paying any attention to these huge buildings, even though they were so exquisite!
Aztlan is a holy city built by the Aztecs after hundreds of years of civilization. Everything here is full of traces of Aztec civilization. In addition to being gorgeous and rigorous, it is sacred and considerate.
In addition to practical buildings, there are many well-constructed, but now largely abandoned, irrigation and agricultural facilities on the outskirts of the city.
These are the essence of Aztec civilization, so Liu Dong took them all away, even the urban water supply system behind the ancient city.
In order to achieve his goal and move away from this last Aztec civilized capital, Liu Dong spent two days here without rest.
Of course, Liu Dong did not take away everything, such as the square where the descendants of the Aztecs slept, and part of the residential area in eastern Aztlan.
The former is because it is too troublesome to move three thousand people, and the latter is because children and elderly people of Aztec descent also live in these residential areas, and Liu Dong has moved Aztlan, so he has to give people to them.
Leave a place to live.
In addition, these remaining houses are the most common single-story houses. Liu Dong has photographed them all with his camera. It will be very simple to restore them one by one in the future.