After months without rain in the Valley of Mexico, divine measures were in order to ensure the crop would be bountiful and that the villagers could eat. So the Tlaxcaltec priests gathered people together and called for hairless dogs to be sacrificed at the main temple and eaten as an offering to the gods. Was […]
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Age of the Aztecs: Ancient tower of skulls found beneath Mexico City (PHOTOS)
Published time: 2 Jul, 2017 10:25 An ancient tower of human skulls has been unearthed beneath Mexico City – a discovery that researchers say raises fresh questions about the culture of sacrifice in the Aztec empire. Archaeologists unearthed the 676 skulls embedded in a tower near the site of the Templo Mayor, one of the […]