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Rare Aztec manuscript returns to Mexico on loan after nearly two centuries in France

Attendees look at the Azcatitlan Codex, an ancient Aztec pictorial manuscript on loan from France, at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
Attendees look at the Azcatitlan Codex, an ancient Aztec pictorial manuscript on loan from France, at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City on September 17, 2026. © Carl de Souza, AFP

A prized 16th-century manuscript chronicling the rise and fall of the Aztec Empire has gone on display in Mexico City, nearly two centuries after it was taken to France, as Mexico continues to press Paris for its permanent return.

A cherished 16th-century Mexican manuscript that tells the history of the Aztecs in pictograms went on display Thursday in Mexico City, nearly two centuries after it was whisked off to France.

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