A Gold Bar Found In Mexico City Has Been Studied And Revealed To Be Made From Melted Down Aztec Treasures

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A gold bar found in Mexico City has been studied and revealed to be made from melted down Aztec treasures. 
It is thought the bar was produced around 1520 by the Spanish conquistadors but they lost it when trying to flee a rebellion of locals.  
Tests found the bar matched the unique signature of Aztec gold.
It was found in 1981 along the canal route the Spaniards used to escape the blood-thirsty mob.  
Lots of gold was lost during the retreat as the native inhabitants reclaimed the plunder for themselves.   
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A gold bar (pictured) found in Mexico City has been studied and revealed to be made from melted down Aztec treasures. The bar weighs about 2 kg (4.4 lb) and is 26.2 cm (10.3 inches) long, 5.4 cm (2.1 inches) wide and 1.4 cm (half an inch) thick
The Spanish forces of Hernán Cortés were welcomed into the city by Emperor Moctezuma in 1520 after he famously set his ships ablaze to force his troops inland.
Moctezuma was swiftly turned into a prisoner and the Spanish went about pillaging the city.  
They forced the Aztecs to melt down treasures to form the large gold bars and Cortes added the bars to the Spanish loot. 
But the native South Americans rose up against their invaders and forced the Spaniards to flee.  
A year later, Cortes would return and lay siege to the city, which was already weakened with supply lines cut and diseases introduced by the Spanish invaders taking a toll.   
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A fluorescent X-ray chemical analysis (pictured) was able to pinpoint its creation to between 1519-1520, according to INAH.

This coincides with the time Cortes ordered gold objects stolen from an Aztec treasury to be melted down into bars for easier transport to Europe
Cortes famously destroyed the ships he and his crew used to sail to Mexico, https://cricketnfootballcenter.bookmark.com/best-cm-of-all-time-soccer forcing his small army of treasure-hunters to march inland
<div class="art-ins mol-factbox sciencetech" data-version="2" id="mol-ca9d8ca0-33c8-11ea-b802-c39615450805" website indicate Mexico gold bar came from Spanish retreat

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