Skulls from Aztec sacrificial ritual discovered. ... 14 to 17-inch-long and 3-inch-thick sacrificial rock revealed new ways that the Aztecs used skulls in their rituals.

Archaeologists in Mexico have found 119 more human skulls in a grisly Aztec "tower of skulls." Some 484 skulls had previously been found at the tower, according to Mexico’s National Institute of ...

Courtesy of INAH Archaeologists excavating a famed Aztec “tower of skulls” in Mexico City have uncovered a new section featuring 119 human skulls. The find brings the total number of skulls ...

For nearly five centuries, Huey Tzompantli, a tower of skulls from the victims of Aztec ritual sacrifice, has remained little more than an intriguing rumor. But a dig by archeologists in Mexico ...

Soon, modern scientific analyses would also show that these Aztec crystal skulls were cut with modern rotary tools, while in some cases, the rock originated from Brazil, rather than Mexico. Walsh ...

Dozens of crystal skulls exist around the world, but none has proved to be a genuine Aztec artifact. Scientists remain puzzled: Where did they come from?

suggesting this practice was key to Aztec religion. Human sacrifice included beheading, extraction of the heart, throwing people into fires, and fights to the death. But the handful of skull masks ...

Aztec “Skull Tower” Contains Remains of Women and Children The tzompantli were once believed to only contain the skulls of conquered male warriors. Jason Daley - Correspondent.

Their most recent find is a skull rack built between 1485 and 1502, coming in at a cool 40-feet (12-meters) by 112-feet (34-meters), packed full of human skulls.

Mexico City - Archeologists have discovered a massive ceremonial skull rack from the heyday of the Aztec empire in the heart of Mexico City, a find that could shed new light on how its rulers ...

Aztec ‘tower of skulls' beneath Mexico City contains severed heads of women and children 'sacrificed to the gods' as well as warriors captured from empire's 15th Century rivals, grisly new ...

In 2015, researchers unearthed a huge 'tower' made by the ancient Aztecs out of human skulls. The skulls would, per everything we know about the Aztecs, be ones that had belonged to warrior men ...