She believes they were Mexica, the indigenous people who lived in the Valley of Mexico and who founded the Aztec empire. The altar contained a pot with human ashes and 13 intricately decorated ...

At the Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl Temple where this whistle was found, human sacrifices took place. Today, many replicas of some of ...

A newly discovered trove of Aztec sacrifices could lead archaeologists ... Pre-Aztec 'Flayed god' temple uncovered in Mexico Aztec human skull tower uncovered Timeline: History of Mexico ...

and were surprised to find the skulls of women and children and males raising questions about human sacrifice in the Aztec Empire, Reuters reported. The Aztecs dominated large parts of central ...

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 top of ...

It likely sat in a temple dedicated to Huitzilopochtl, the Aztec god of war and human sacrifice. The tower is more than 16 feet wide and consists of row after row of skulls impaled on long wooden ...

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On the opposite side of the planet in Mexico, human sacrifice is usually associated with the ancient Aztec civilization ... and spread on a sacrificial altar. Two of the bodies were buried ...

Barbara's interference in the Aztec practice of human sacrifice casts doubt over her supposed divinity and puts the whole crew in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Ian faces a challenge.

The Aztec, who mostly postdated the Maya and were famous for cutting out the hearts of prisoners atop pyramids as an offering ...