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Life in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán (infosec.pub)

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[–] Sergio@piefed.social 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

These slice-of-life details are awesome. We totally need more movies about Aztecs & Mayans. Most of the ones I've found are just about dealing with the Spanish.

Hey @klu9@piefed.social do you know of any good movies or TV shows about pre-Columbian Aztecs or Mayans (or even Incas)? All I've found so far is Retorno a Aztlán .

[–] klu9@piefed.social 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I'm afraid the only one I've seen is Apocalipto ... and The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy ;)

Re static images, I posted this a while back in !mexico@lemm.ee

a 3D reconstruction of the capital of the Aztec Empire https://tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl/

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

woah I hadn't heard of this one, looks like it's not very good tho:

Kings of the Sun is a 1963 DeLuxe Color film directed by J. Lee Thompson for Mirisch Productions set in Mesoamerica at the time of the conquest of Chichen Itza by Hunac Ceel. Location scenes were filmed in Mazatlán and Chichen Itza.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_the_Sun

This one actually sounds pretty good:

The Feathered Serpent is a British children's serial[2] costume drama[1] television series made for ITV by Thames Television, set in pre-Columbian Mexico and starring Patrick Troughton as the scheming High Priest Nasca. It is an adventure story[3] about good and evil.[1] Two series were first broadcast in 1976 and 1978.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feathered_Serpent_(TV_series)

I wonder if there'll be more stuff like this, rendered with AI.

edit: that 3d rendering of Tenochtitlan is incredible.

[–] klu9@piefed.social 2 points 3 hours ago

That Feathered Serpent series looks interesting! Can't find it anywhere yet :(