Classical Nahuatl Classical Nahuatl Classical Nahuatl (also known simply as Aztec or Nahuatl) is any of the variants of Nahuatl, spoken in the Valley of Mexico and central Mexico as a "lingua franca" at the time of the 16th-century Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. During the subsequent centuries, it was largely displaced by Spanish and evolved into some of the modern Nahuan languages in use today (other modern dialects descend more directly from other 16th-century variants). Although classified as an extinct language, Classical Nahuatl has survived through a multitude of written sources transcribed by Nahua peoples and Spaniards in the Latin
The Aztec Mummy The Aztec Mummy La Momia Azteca (lit. trans. "The Aztec Mummy"), also known simply as "La Momia", is a 1957 Mexican horror film produced by Guillermo Calderon from his own story idea, scripted by Alfredo Salazar, and directed by Rafael Portillo. It was the first in a trilogy of Mexican mummy films all featuring Popoca, the Aztec Mummy. The other two films were "The Curse of the Aztec Mummy" and "The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy". The three films were all shot in 1957, one after another without a break in the production schedule. The film was later re-edited and