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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: January 25, 2017
Caption:
A gold bar dropped by the Spanish on the Night of Sorrows | Additional Description: The gold bar shown at the center of this view was found during excavations for a new building in Mexico City. It is considered to be one of the gold bars that the Spanish made by melting down stolen Aztec gold jewelry. It is very likely that this bar, like many others, fell into the lake surrounding Tenochtitlán during the Night of Sorrows. This gold bar can be seen at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
Submitted: May 17, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p382776
File Size: 1.368 Megabytes
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