cactusjumper
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Re: has montezuma's tomb been found ...?
As for Moctezuma's body, the two best sources for what happened are Fray Diego Duran, whom I quoted in an earlier post, and the priest I will now quote, Fray Bernardino de Sahagun:
"It was another four days that the Spaniards threw the dead bodies of Moctezuma and Itzquauhtzin out ot the palace, at a place called Teoayoc, the stone turtle carving. As soon as they were recognized, men quickly took up Moctezuma's body and carried it to Copulco, placed it on a pile of wood, and fired it. The flames crackled and flared up into many tongues; the body seemed to lie sizzling, sending up a foul stench. As he burned, onlookers berated him; their good will had given way to fury." Source: "The War Of Conquest" by, Arthur Anderson and Charles Dibble.
The above quote is not an exact translation of what Fr. Bernardino de Sahagun wrote in Nahuatl/Aztec. For the purpose of finding out what happened to Moctezuma's body, it is accurate.
Itzquauhtzin's body was treated with high respect and dignity, Moctezuma's was not. Two sources have told the same basic story. Copulco was no more than 1 1/2 miles from the palace. That was as far as Moctezuma's body traveled after his death.
What may be argued is, that not everyone "berated" and disrespected Moctezuma's body. The common thread is that his body was burned at Copulco. From reading the history, it seems quite possible that anyone who voiced respect for the slain ruler, would probably have been set upon and killed.
IMHO, "Montezuma's Tomb" has never and will never be found, because it does not exist.
Joe Ribaudo
As for Moctezuma's body, the two best sources for what happened are Fray Diego Duran, whom I quoted in an earlier post, and the priest I will now quote, Fray Bernardino de Sahagun:
"It was another four days that the Spaniards threw the dead bodies of Moctezuma and Itzquauhtzin out ot the palace, at a place called Teoayoc, the stone turtle carving. As soon as they were recognized, men quickly took up Moctezuma's body and carried it to Copulco, placed it on a pile of wood, and fired it. The flames crackled and flared up into many tongues; the body seemed to lie sizzling, sending up a foul stench. As he burned, onlookers berated him; their good will had given way to fury." Source: "The War Of Conquest" by, Arthur Anderson and Charles Dibble.
The above quote is not an exact translation of what Fr. Bernardino de Sahagun wrote in Nahuatl/Aztec. For the purpose of finding out what happened to Moctezuma's body, it is accurate.
Itzquauhtzin's body was treated with high respect and dignity, Moctezuma's was not. Two sources have told the same basic story. Copulco was no more than 1 1/2 miles from the palace. That was as far as Moctezuma's body traveled after his death.
What may be argued is, that not everyone "berated" and disrespected Moctezuma's body. The common thread is that his body was burned at Copulco. From reading the history, it seems quite possible that anyone who voiced respect for the slain ruler, would probably have been set upon and killed.
IMHO, "Montezuma's Tomb" has never and will never be found, because it does not exist.
Joe Ribaudo