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2024-04-15 02:24:30 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
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Contrary to popular myths and the tweet's implication, Indigenous Mesoamericans could have facial hair: It is not uncommon in art, tweezers have been excavated, & Spanish accounts discuss hair being plucked or burned, with some men like Moctezuma II having beards: https://analesliteraturachilena.letras.uc.cl/index.php/hib/article/download/46257/40267 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/722229 https://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/bodyarts/index.php/temporary-body-arts/toiletries/55-tweezers.html https://www.historians.org/teaching-and-learning/teaching-resources-for-historians/teaching-and-learning-in-the-digital-age/the-history-of-the-americas/the-conquest-of-mexico/historia-verdadera/diaz-del-castillo-describes-moctezuma-and-his-customs https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moctezuma_II,_the_Last_Aztec_King_(Reigned_1502%E2%80%9320)_WDL6724.png
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