When the Spaniards conquered Central and South America in the 16th century, they burned most of the cultural artifacts kept by the ancient Aztec and Mayan civilizations. But several documents survived. Among them is the Dresden Codex, the last page of which describes an apocalyptic scenario in which mankind is to be devastated in a flood.
16 世紀西班牙人入侵中南美洲時，幾乎把阿茲特克人所保存的古馬雅文物全部燒毀，但還是留下了幾部手卷，其中「德雷斯頓抄本」的最後一頁中，描述了世界末日的假設場景──人類將在洪水衝擊下被毀滅殆盡。