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Aztec document goes on display in Mexico after 186 years abroad
France's national library is lending the manuscript recounting the history of the Aztecs to Mexico.
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Codex Azcatitlán tells the story of the Aztecs, including their battle to defend Tenochtitlán from the Spanish conquistadors
A centuries-old document telling the story of the Aztec civilisation and its fall after the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in pictograms is going on display in Mexico for the first time in 186 years.
The manuscript, known as Codex Azcatitlán, has been held in France's Bibliothèque Nationale since 1898, but had already spent decades outside of Mexico before that.
In return, Mexico has agreed to lend another priceless document, the Codex Boturini, to France for display there.