Archaeologists have long known that Mesoamericans displayed the severed heads of captured warriors on skull racks, or tzompantli in the Aztec language of Nahuatl. But the new discovery included ...

While it was previously believed that such a tower would only include the skulls or male warriors ... skull rack is not the only recent find in Mexico City. Last month, researchers unveiled an ...

It is believed to be part of a skull rack ... of young male warriors, but also unearthed the crania of women and children, raising questions about human sacrifice in the Aztec Empire.

But a new archaeological analysis suggests that these morbid masks may have been made from slain warriors ... Aztec Empire. Finally, the researchers examined the method of manufacture of the ...

Courtesy of INAH Archaeologists excavating a famed Aztec “tower of skulls” in ... skulls in the structure belonged to defeated male warriors, but recent analysis suggests that some belonged ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered a massive ceremonial skull rack from the heyday of the Aztec empire in the heart of Mexico ... was used to display the bleached white craniums of ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Mauricio Ramirez combined images of a young boy and an Aztec eagle warrior in his ... Part of a series on public art. More murals added every week.

Said to be the heads of defeated warriors ... Tzompantli, a skull rack some 60 metres (200ft) in diameter which stood on the corner of the chapel of Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of the sun ...

Archeologists have discovered a massive ceremonial skull rack from the heyday of the Aztec empire in the heart ... bleached white craniums of sacrificed warriors from rival kingdoms, likely ...