Spanish conquistadors destroyed the Huei Tzompantli tower, but archaeologist are unearthing its ruins. Archaeologists have unearthed a new section of the Huey Tzompantli, a “tower of skulls” in what ...
The bones likely belong to people sacrificed during the reign of Ahuízotl, eighth king of the Aztecs. Courtesy of INAH Archaeologists excavating a famed Aztec “tower of skulls” in Mexico City have ...
It’s almost impossible to imagine the terror that ancient men must have felt as they waited to be sacrificed by decorated Aztec priests. But experts have revealed ...