Mexico ruins may hold Aztec leader

Mexican archeologists are investigating whether the tomb of an Aztec emperor lies beneath a recently excavated stone monolith depicting a fearsome god.

It would be the first burial site ever found of a leader of the Aztec empire, archeologist Eduardo Matos said Thursday. Matos, who leads the excavation project at the Templo Mayor ruins in Mexico City’s main square, said a date carved on the stone suggests it contains the remains of emperor Ahuizotl, the father of Moctezuma, the Aztec ruler defeated by the Spaniards. The stone was unearthed at the foot of the western face of the Templo Mayor, the Aztecs’ main religious site.