The altar dates back to the time after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán. Experts say it was located in a courtyard inside a home of an Aztec family, who would have used it ...
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Aztec 'death whistles,' used to prepare sacrifice victims to descend to the underworld, scramble your brain, scans revealRitual Aztec whistles produced a brain-scrambling "scream," according to a new study. The objects were used during human sacrifices and may have prepared victims for their supposed descent to ...
“Their skull-shaped body may represent Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec Lord of the Underworld, and the iconic screaming sound may have prepared human sacrifices for their mythological descent into ...
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 ...
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