The Aztec calendar stone is discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City.

Aztec sun stone

16th-century Mexica sculpture

The Aztec sun stone is a late post-classic Mexica sculpture housed in the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, and is perhaps the most famous work of Mexica sculpture. It measures 3.6 metres (12 ft) in diameter and 98 centimetres (39 in) thick, and weighs 24,590 kg…