Feeding the gods: Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrifice in Aztec capital

[rangerrebew]

Feeding the gods: Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrifice in Aztec capital

By Lizzie WadeJun. 21, 2018 , 2:00 PM

The priest quickly sliced into the captive's torso and removed his still-beating heart. That sacrifice, one among thousands performed in the sacred city of Tenochtitlan, would feed the gods and ensure the continued existence of the world.

Death, however, was just the start of the victim's role in the sacrificial ritual, key to the spiritual world of the Mexica people in the 14th to the 16th centuries.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/feeding-gods-hundreds-skulls-reveal-massive-scale-human-sacrifice-aztec-capital

[dfwgator]

"All cultures are equal"

[GtHawk]

Seems to me the descendants are still in the business of human sacrifice.

Was that racist? Well I am a White male of European descent, just trying to fit into the mold the liberals made for me.

Of course my many times removed relative  was known to be rather intolerant also