National Geographic December 1980
CONDITION
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Magazine, Acceptable, clean pages; reading wear, may have cover wear
· Map May be Missing
CONTENTS
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The Aztecs – Warriors, farmers, master builders, and
poets, they honored their gods with human sacrifice and ritual cannibalism, ruled
a mighty empire in Mexico, yet fell to a few bold Spanish conquistadors. Bart
McDowell tells of a complex people, who still live; photographer David Hiser,
artist Felipe Ddvalos, and a double map portray their world.
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Tenochtitlan’s Glory – Professor Augusto F Molina Montes
details the full magnificence of the Aztecs’ island capital.
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The Great Temple – Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, who bears the
famed Aztec emperor’s name, coordinates excavation of a multishelled pyramid in
the heart of Mexico City.
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Coal Versus Parklands – Amid natural splendors of the
U.S. Southwest looms a national dilemma; To keep parks and canyons inviolate,
or to tap an energy bonanza buried beneath them. Is there a middle way?
Francois Ledyet and Dewitt Jones report the issue.
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New Course for Portugal – In the wake of bloodless
revolution at home and surrender of an empire abroad, the Portuguese are rebuilding
their political and economic foundations. By Williams Graves and photographer
Bruno Barbey.
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Fatima: Beacon of Faith – Nearly a million pilgrims come
each year to a Portuguese village where three children said they saw and talked
with the Virgin Mary in 1917. Photo-essay by Bruno Barbey, text by Jane
Vessels.
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Jackals of the Serengeti – Zoologist Patricia D Moehlman,
from long and close study, explains why the hunter-scavengers of the African
plains are greatly misunderstood.
COVER
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Ritual obsidian knife, symbol of those that cuet the
hearts from Aztec Sacrificial victims, grins form a cache unearthed in the
Great Temple. Photograph by David Hiser
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