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- 1 2 Montezuma's palace unearted in Mexico, Nbcnews.com, 11 June 2008
- 1 2 Moctezuma Palace Structures Discovered, Inah.gob.mx, 9 June 2008
- ↑ (in Spanish) Descubren estructuras prehispánicas Archived 2022-05-16 at the Wayback Machine , Inah.gob.mx, 6 June 2008
- ↑ (in Spanish) Hallados los restos del palacio del emperador Moctezuma en Ciudad de México, Elpais.com, 6 June 2008
- ↑ (in Spanish) Mariana Gaxiola, La historia de la casa denegrida, el lugar donde Moctezuma meditaba, Mxcity.mx
- ↑ Peter O. Koch, The Aztecs, the Conquistadors, and the Making of Mexican Culture, Books.google.com, 2005