Archaeologists discover over 100 skulls at Aztec site in Mexico City
December 14, 2020 9:55 AM CNN
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Courtesy INAH
Archaeologists have uncovered a new section of a famous Aztec tower of skulls in Mexico City.
The structure, called Huei Tzompantli, was first discovered five years ago by archaeologists with the Urban Archeology Program (PAU) of the Mexico Government National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).
Now, archeologists said they have found an additional 119 human skulls in the Eastern side of the tower, according to a statement from the INAH. It is believed to be one of seven collections of skulls that stood in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan
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Can one ever have enough skulls? If that question was posed to the ancient Aztecs, the answer was probably, “Of course not!” That’s one conclusion which could be drawn from the latest discovery of 119 additional skulls on the famous tzompantli of the Mexica, a tower of human skulls made of wooden poles rods in what was once the Templo Mayer (Greater Temple) of the Greater Tenochtiltán and is now part of Mexico City. (Photos here.) For those keeping count at home, the 119 added to the 484 skulls discovered previously brings the tower’s total to 603. This belonged to the human-sacrificing Aztecs is there any doubt more will be found?