(sometimes speled "Moctezuma"): The ninth and last Aztec emperor (1466-1520) who was crowned in 1502, becoming the leader of an empire which included much of present-day Mexico and Central America. Montezuma died while he was imprisoned by the Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortes, whose troops had reached Mexico in 1519. mummy bundle: The tightly-wrapped layers of cloth in which the ancient people of Paracas buried their dead. The tight wrapping and dry sands of the region prevented the bodies from decaying and they became mummies. The cloths used for this are sometimes called mantles.

(Mon-teh-ZOO-muh) Indian Last Aztec emperor of Mexico.

Montezuma was the name of a hero-god in the mythology of certain Indian tribes of the Southwest United States, notably the Tohono O'odham and Pueblo peoples — not to be confused with the two historical Aztec Emperors of the same name in Mexico, Moctezuma I and Moctezuma II.

evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers; considered a link plant between families Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae