Greatest example that butterflies mean 

different things to different cultures

Massive figures of warrior-priests (about 15 feet high) have breastplates decorated with a butterfly motif


Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico

40 miles north of Mexico City

'Atlantean' Columns Atop Pyramid


http://www.naba.org/pubs/ab97d/p14.html

http://members.cox.net/davehanson/aztec/

http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/pyramids/tula.html

http://www.differentworld.com/mexico/places/tula/tula.htm

http://www.delange.org/Tula/Tula.htm

http://www.laoferta.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=632&Itemid=38

http://www.rjames.com/Toltec/timeline.htm

http://www.famsi.org/research/pohl/chronology.html

Photos

http://www.reisebilder.ch/mexiko/atlanten_e.htm

http://magicplanet.org/catalog/popup_image.php/pID/53

http://www.raphaelk.co.uk/web%20pics/Mexico/first/Tula%20statue.JPG

http://www.world-mysteries.com/wm_dwp_tula1.htm

http://mrc.spps.org/sites/6810d8a6-6d85-4ae6-aba1-a07df5a1d1cc/uploads/tula.jpg

http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~bump/images/sculpture/Tula%20Figure.jpg

Spanish

http://www.cnca.gob.mx/cnca/inah/zonarq/tula.html

http://www.mexicodesconocido.com/espanol/zonas_arqueologicas_y_museos/centro/detalle.cfm?idcat=8&idsec=47&idsub=0&idpag=1639


29 Nov 2006  © Mike Quinn / mike.quinn@tpwd.state.tx.us / Texas Entomology