A MEXICAN GOD

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13952, 4 August 1919, Page 1

A MEXICAN GOD

'A gold statuette of "'Goohipilli," Aztec qgo<l of flowers,'has'been discovered' by William Nfrvsm, att American, archeologist, who has been ■cioiriductiogl mv.estiiig'atiions for manyTears im Mexico' City. The statuette, the ■■ftnb representation of ihe giO4 known) , io have

been discovered in virtually a perfect state of preservation in modern times, was dug up at Mzcapotzalco, a *rubui<b of the capital, and which, prior to the coming of Coriez, was, the seat of a powerful Indian •nation, but which at the time of, the inquest was the great slave market) of the iTitabitan.ts of Tenoxtitlan, home ,of the Aztecs and the sit© of the modem city of Mexico City. In addatiion to i'tisi ;.«Eavei trade, Atzcapotealco was, noted for its expert jewellers and wonderfully cultivated gardens. "Goehipilli" is supposed to have presided over one! of these amciemt garden®.