The remains, mostly boys aged between two and seven years old, were placed inside a box of ashlars in a careful arrangement.

The Mexican National College presents new findings on the 15th-century climate crisis that led to the sacrifice of 42 ...

The mass execution of children was seen as not only a way to calm the rain god, but for a time it helped the community deal ...

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 ...

Music often wasn’t intended to be a melodic tune nor was it purposefully designed to cause extreme ... exactly how Aztec ...

In 1519, when Hernán Cortés landed in Mexico he encountered an Aztec civilization dedicated to the practice of human sacrifice on a shocking scale. Tens of thousands of people were hauled to the ...

and were surprised to find the skulls of women and children and males raising questions about human sacrifice in the Aztec Empire, Reuters reported. The Aztecs dominated large parts of central ...

It likely sat in a temple dedicated to Huitzilopochtl, the Aztec god of war and human sacrifice. The tower is more than 16 feet wide and consists of row after row of skulls impaled on long wooden ...

It is believed to be part of a skull rack from the temple to the Aztec god of the sun, war and human sacrifice. Known as the Huey Tzompantli, the skull rack stood on the corner of the chapel of ...