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TEMPORARY EXHIBIT: THE ROAD TO MICTLAN...

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PREAMBLE	EDUARDO MATOS MOCTEZUMA
THE SCULPTURES OF MICTLANTECUHTLI OF THE HOUSE OF THE EAGLES
	LEONARDO LîPEZ LUJçN
	VIDA MERCADO

1. Introduction

2. The House of the Eagles

3. The discovery of the images

4. The tasks of exploration and restoration of the sculptures

5. The morphology and the orientation of the images

6. Manufacturing techniques

7. Mictlantecuhtli and the world of the dead

8. Mictlantecuhtli, the liver and the ih’yotl

9. The ih’yotl, resplendent and fetid air

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