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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Ancient ‘skull cult’ worshipped at world’s oldest temple, says study (PHOTOS)
Published time: 29 Jun, 2017 18:28 Strange carvings found on human remains uncovered at Göbekli Tepe in Turkey suggest the ancient people who worshiped there belonged to a ‘skull cult.’ At 11,000 years old, Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey is considered the world’s oldest temple – and just what went on at the site has […]