Archaeologists have discovered nasty proof of brutal Aztec traditions by discovering 50 skulls and also over 250 jaw bones at the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City).

Available at one sacrificial stone below a ceremonial platform known as the "cuauhxicalco," the human remains go as far back a lot more than 500 many represent the biggest quantity of skulls ever present in one offering.

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Utilized in traditions connected with the worship of Mictlantecuhtli, god of dying, the skulls were discovered in various locations: 45 made an appearance to are just left on the top of the stone, while the remaining five were hidden under it.

All of the five skulls had holes on sides, recommending they belonged to some tzompantli. It was a skull rack which the crania of sacrificed people were hung and displayed near temples or at areas.

"A number of the 45 skulls available on the sacrificial stone were altered with the aim of planning skull-masks which were never finished," archaeologist Raul Barrera of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) stated.

Based on the archaeologist, the skulls belonged to women and men between 20 and 35 years of age. Some might have been dug up using their company sites and reburied.

Searching like a grey headstone, the 18-inch-high, 14 to 17-inch-lengthy and 3-inch-thick sacrificial rock revealed new ways in which the Aztecs used skulls within their traditions.

Indeed, sacrificial gemstones were rarely connected with decapitation.

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"Usually people were wiped out on those gemstones by cutting open the chest and tugging out the heart," Barrera stated.