More than 650 skulls and thousands of fragments were found near Templo Mayor, one of the main temples in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, which later became Mexico City. Getty Images ...

More than 650 skulls caked in lime were found in the cylindrical edifice near Templo Mayor, one of the main temples in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, which later became Mexico City.

Found alongside 30 decapitated skulls at the site of the Templo Mayor in Mexico, the 8 masks have puzzled archaeologists since their discovery. A new study has shed light on their origin.

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 ...

The Templo Mayor (Great Temple) was the religious and political heart of Tenochtitlán, a city-state on an island in the Valley of Mexico that became the Aztec Empire's capital in the 15th century ...

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 July 3, 2017 ...

CORRECTION: This story was updated on March 14, 2013, to indicate that the goblet pictured is pre-Columbian, not Aztec. Humans seem to have a predilection for fake quartz-crystal Aztec skulls ...

Aztec human skull wall found in Mexico 08/21/2015 Archaeologists have discovered a huge ceremonial skull rack in Mexico dating from the time of the Aztecs. The find could shed new light on how the ...