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| | TIMEeurope.com: Europe | The Shock of the New World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | And just wait until you meet the gods of death, like the fearsome Mictlantecuhtli, the bright-eyed, skeletal ruler of the underworld, where the sun fights every night to be reborn. |
 | | In one such project, the Codex Magliabechiano, a copy of a pre-Hispanic book illlustrating beliefs and rites, a memorable sketch shows Aztecs offering bowls of human blood to Mictlantecuhtli, the king of terrors. |
 | | In 1994, Mictlantecuhtli himself emerged from the temple ruins. |
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