Article 2VEQH Tower of human skulls found in Mexico City dig casts light on Aztec sacrifices

Tower of human skulls found in Mexico City dig casts light on Aztec sacrifices

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Reuters in Mexico City
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  • Archaeologists find more than 650 skulls near site of Templo Mayor
  • Presence of skulls of women and children is 'a first', says scientist

A tower of human skulls unearthed beneath the heart of Mexico City has raised new questions about the culture of sacrifice in the Aztec empire, after crania of women and children surfaced among the hundreds embedded in the forbidding structure.

Related: Ancient Aztec temple and ball court unearthed in heart of Mexico City

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