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Mexican archaeologists unearth ruins of Aztec palace in downtown Mexico City

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Posted on: June 10th, 2008
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“Mexican archaeologists said Monday they have unearthed the remains of an palace once inhabited by the emperor Montezuma in the heart of what is now downtown City.

During a routine renovation project on a Colonial-era building, experts uncovered pieces of a wall as well as a basalt floor believed to have been part of a dark room where Montezuma meditated, archaeology team leader Elsa Hernandez said.

Montezuma’s palace complex — known as the Casas Nuevas, or New Houses to distinguish them from his predecessors’ palaces — is thought to have comprised five interconnected buildings containing the emperor’s office, chambers for and several wives and even a zoo, according to Hernandez.”*

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