The sacrifice of at least 42 children in Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was an effort to calm the anger of the Aztec rain god during a devastating drought, researchers have revealed.

The Mexican National College presents new findings on the 15th-century climate crisis that led to the sacrifice of 42 ...

The remains, mostly boys aged between two and seven years old, were placed inside a box of ashlars in a careful arrangement.

With a love of human sacrifice, warfare, and towers made out of human skulls, the ancient Aztecs certainly knew how to have ...

The mass execution of children was seen as not only a way to calm the rain god, but for a time it helped the community deal ...

A newly discovered trove of Aztec sacrifices could lead archaeologists to an elusive Aztec emperor's tomb. Such a discovery would mark a first since no Aztec royal burial has yet been found ...

But, he is quick to add, you'll find human sacrifice everywhere in the world at that time. The Maya and numerous other cultures predated the Aztec's embrace of the practice. "It isn't the violence ...

In 1519, when Hernán Cortés landed in Mexico he encountered an Aztec civilization dedicated to the practice of human sacrifice on a shocking scale. Tens of thousands of people were hauled to the ...

the Aztec god of the sun, war and human sacrifice. Archaeologists have no doubt it is one of the racks, or tzompantli, described by soldier Andres de Tapia, who accompanied Hernan Cortes in the ...

Doctor Who (1963–1996) — Season 1, The Aztecs: The Bride of Sacrifice The Doctor and Ian try to find a way back the TARDIS. Barbara attempts to distract Tlotoxl BBC One ...

Doctor Who (1963–1996) — Season 1, The Aztecs: The Bride of Sacrifice The Doctor and Ian try to find a way back the TARDIS. Barbara attempts to distract Tlotoxl BBC One ...