laht.comMEXICO CITY – The Mexican National lottery is issuing tickets to commemorate the centennial on Feb. 21 of the discovery of the first remnants of the Great Temple in Mexico City, the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said.
The drawing on Tuesday, which will offer a grand prize of 18 million pesos (about $1.2 million), will coincide with the celebration of the INAH’s 76th anniversary.
The lottery tickets – emblazoned with the words “100 Years of the Great Temple. History of a Discovery” – bear an image of the ancient ceremonial site, which was the center of religious, political and social life for the Mexica people.
Utility workers found the remnants of the Great Temple while digging on Feb. 21, 1915.
A total of 180,000 commemorative lottery tickets bearing the image of the Great Temple will be issued in three series, with tickets being sold across Mexico.
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