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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.
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Archaeologists in Mexico discovered another 119 human skulls and this is aside from the previously discovered 284 skulls in the Aztec s Tower of Skulls. The discovery of the archaeologists adds up to the growing body of history in the country.
Discovery of 119 Human Skulls
One of the most favorite places of the archaeologists in the world is Mexico. The country is filled with different ancient artifacts that are yet to be discovered.
Aside from the previously discovered bones of mammoths in the previous year, Mexican archaeologists found a total of more than 500 human skulls in an Aztec site.
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Archaeologists discovered a tower of more than 100 human skulls buried beneath the center of Mexico City.
The structure, called Huei Tzompantli, was originally discovered by Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in 2015. But after a return to the site earlier this year, the team discovered a tower of 119 skulls, previously hidden,
The tower is believed to have been part of a skull rack, one of seven collections that stood in the old Aztec capital Tenochtitlan. It was likely created in honor of Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of sun, war, and human sacrifice.
The INAH has now reported a total of 484 skulls found at the site, dating between 1486 and 1502. It is believed that the temple was destroyed when conquistadors invaded the Aztec Empire and Hernan Cortes captured Tenochtitlan in 1521.
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