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skulls of people who were ritually sacrificed.
Part of this tower, called Huei Tzompantli, was uncovered in 2015. The new discovery brings the total number of skulls in it from men, women, and children to 484.
The Aztecs ritually sacrificed people to appease their gods. They displayed the heads of their dead on enormous, cylindrical racks called tzompantli, constructed using rows of skulls mortared together. The Aztecs used these towers to show off their empire s might to enemies and invaders.
Last week, Mexico s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced that researchers had discovered a section of one such tower under the ruins of Mexico City s Templo Mayor. It contained 119 skulls from men, women, and children.
Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)
Aztecs used such towers, called tzompantli, to display skulls of people who were ritually sacrificed.
Part of this tower, called Huei Tzompantli, was uncovered in 2015. The new discovery brings the total number of skulls in it from men, women, and children to 484.
The Aztecs ritually sacrificed people to appease their gods. They displayed the heads of their dead on enormous, cylindrical racks called tzompantli, constructed using rows of skulls mortared together. The Aztecs used these towers to show off their empire s might to enemies and invaders.
Last week, Mexico s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced that researchers had discovered a section of one such tower under the ruins of Mexico City s Templo Mayor. It contained 119 skulls from men, women, and children.
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A 500-Year-Old Aztec Tower of Human Skulls Is Even More Terrifyingly Humongous Than Previously Thought, Archaeologists Find
Spanish conquistadors destroyed the Huei Tzompantli tower, but archaeologist are unearthing its ruins.
December 16, 2020
Archaeologists have unearthed a new section of the Huey Tzompantli, a “tower of skulls” in what is now Mexico City, and was formerly the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán. Photo courtesy of Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).
Mexico’s Huei Tzompantli, a terrifying tower constructed from human skulls, is even bigger than previously thought. Archaeologists have discovered a new section of the historic site, which was first uncovered in 2015. The new find adds 119 skulls to the previously known 484, for a hair-raising total of 603 skulls, stacked atop one another and mortared together.