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50 skulls found at the Templo Mayor
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Michael Ruggeri
Oct 6, 2012, 11:00:25 AM10/6/12
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INAH has uncovered 50 skulls at a sacrificial stone area in the Templo
Mayor site in downtown Mexico City. Holes were drilled through 5 skulls
indicating these skulls were hung on a skull rack or tzompantli. The
rest of the skulls were dumped on top of the sacrificial stone. Given
the fact the skulls were found on and under a sacrificial stone gives
credence to an idea that heart sacrifice and decapitation were part of
the same ritual ceremonies.
Huffington Post has the story here with a slide show;
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/05/mexico-finds-50-skulls-in-aztec-
temple_n_1943940.html#slide=more255195
A tiny URL;
http://goo.gl/niUjQ
Mike Ruggeri
Mike Ruggeri's Aztec and Toltec World
http://goo.gl/03BfD
INAH has uncovered 50 skulls at a sacrificial stone area in the Templo
Mayor site in downtown Mexico City. Holes were drilled through 5 skulls
indicating these skulls were hung on a skull rack or tzompantli. The
rest of the skulls were dumped on top of the sacrificial stone. Given
the fact the skulls were found on and under a sacrificial stone gives
credence to an idea that heart sacrifice and decapitation were part of
the same ritual ceremonies.
Huffington Post has the story here with a slide show;
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/05/mexico-finds-50-skulls-in-aztec-
temple_n_1943940.html#slide=more255195
A tiny URL;
http://goo.gl/niUjQ
Mike Ruggeri
Mike Ruggeri's Aztec and Toltec World
http://goo.gl/03BfD
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