Aztec Founding of Tenochtitlán
“An island in Lake Texcoco, 1325. Mexica priests find an eagle perched on a nopal cactus devouring a serpent. Foreground shows the priest gesturing at the prophesied sign and warriors planting a maguey-staked boundary; midground reveals reed huts on chinampa gardens and lake canoes; the volcanic ring of Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl rises behind under a high central Mexican sky.”
