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Telamones Tula
The Atlantes – columns in the form of Toltec warriors in Tula.
Toltec-style Vessel 1
A rather expressive orange-ware clay vessel in the Toltec style.

Toltec is used by historians in different ways. It is either used to refer to certain people that lived in what is Mexico today, before Christopher Columbus came there. Some scholars also use the word to refer to the people that later developed into the Aztec civilisation. These people are only known from Aztec stories. It is not known if they actually formed one people or not.

Images for kids

  • Pirámide tula

    Pyramid C at Tula, Hidalgo

  • Piramide tolteca de Tula (1)

    Tempo Tlahuizcalpantecuhtl (Pyramid B) is the largest and best known structure at the archaeological site of Tula. Atlantean figures are situated on the apex of the pyramid.

  • Tula Pyramid Jaguar

    Carved relief of a jaguar at Tula, Hidalgo

  • Tula birdman

    epiction of an anthropomorphic bird-snake deity, probably Quetzalcoatl at the Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli at Tula, Hidalgo

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Cultura tolteca para niños

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