An exhibition at the British Museum, on show until January 24th 2010, aims to rescue Moctezuma from legend.
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It carries an image of Moctezuma himself, flanking that of Huitzilopochtli, the god of war and the sun.
And on May 19th, he announced that he would not be running (as did Esteban Moctezuma, like Mr Labastida a moderniser).
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It begins with an idealised colonial-era oil portrait, of Moctezuma as the epitome of the noble savage, with feathered shield and spear.
The museum has assembled most of the known artefacts that bear his name glyph fewer than a dozen and are thus personally associated with Moctezuma.
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