{"id":415,"date":"2009-10-01T15:36:27","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T14:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewhiterock.co.uk\/?p=415"},"modified":"2010-08-31T10:19:49","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T09:19:49","slug":"mexico-show-at-the-british-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewhiterock.co.uk\/?p=415","title":{"rendered":"Mexico show at the British Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>a fine exhibition, but raises some issues about how indulgently we view the Aztecs and in particular <strong>their practice of widespread human sacrifice<\/strong>. as I pointed out\u00a0in the Times\u00a0in a piece on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/comment\/columnists\/guest_contributors\/article6846540.ece\" target=\"_blank\">Moctezuma, the Aztec dictator.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also raises the question of how while this is the third big Mexico London show in 15 years, the British Museum &#8211; or any other gallery in London &#8211; has had no show on the Incas or any of the Peruvian civilisations in living memory.\u00a0 The British Museum does not even have a gallery devoted to South America &#8211; the only two in the \u2018Americas\u2019 section are devoted to North America and Mexico respectively. \u00a0Which is something that Director Neil MacGregor needs to address.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a fine exhibition, but raises some issues about how indulgently we view the Aztecs and in particular their practice of widespread human sacrifice. as I pointed out\u00a0in the Times\u00a0in a piece on Moctezuma, the Aztec dictator. 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