After months or years in the sun and rain, the skulls would begin to fall to pieces, losing teeth and even jaws. At this point, priests would remove it to be fashioned into a mask and placed in an ...

THE discovery of a grisly Aztec ‘skull tower’ has revealed the true scale of human sacrifice in ancient Mexico. Research shows victims had their still-beating hearts ripped from their c… ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of 119 more men, women and children at the Aztec 'tower of skulls' under Mexico City - with many believed to have been victims of human sacrifice.

For many people, the story of the Aztec crystal skulls begins and ends with the least memorable Indiana Jones movie in the storied franchise. To others, the crystal skulls have mystical psychic and ...

Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered the skulls of more than 100 men, women and children in newly unearthed sections of an Aztec tower of human remains. The skull tower, which is said to date ...

Numerous Aztec skull-shaped whistles have been found in tombs dating from the period between 1250 and 1521 AD, with many preserved in archaeological collections worldwide. It is presumed that the ...

They also found thousands of skull fragments encased in the same central edifice. A few years later, Mexican archaeologists found the remains of over 100 Aztec men, women and children who were ...

A pillar of more than 650 preserved skulls, as well as thousands of fragments, was found set in limestone close to Templo Mayor, one of the main temples in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan.

At least three children were discovered among the skulls, identified by their smaller build and developing teeth. Archaeologist have uncovered an additional 119 human skulls at a site in Mexico City.

Archeologists have found the main trophy rack of sacrificed human skulls at Mexico City's Templo Mayor Aztec ruin site, scientists said Thursday. Racks known as "tzompantli" were where the Aztecs ...

THE discovery of a grisly Aztec ‘skull tower’ has revealed the true scale of human sacrifice in ancient Mexico. Research shows victims had their still-beating hearts ripped from their c… ...