Aztecs specialize in eating prisoners meat

Human skeletons found in an excavation area in Mexico show that the Aztecs had captured, sacrificed and eaten hundreds of Spanish soldiers to invade in 1520.

The skull of the Aztecs was found at Tecuaque (photo: msn) The skull and human bones at Tecuaque excavation site in Mexico City showed that 550 victims had been purged by the Aztec monks in sacrificial ceremonies, they were also limbs, shaved and boiled.

The results supported the view that the Aztecs captured and killed Spanish invaders with children and women, to avenge the assassination of their Emperor Cacamatzinc.

Historical books indicate that many Mexicans originally welcomed white people as saints, but turned to protest when the Spanish attempted to acquire Aztec power in a conflict that ended in 1521. .

The white prisoners were locked up in the barn for months, while the Aztec monks each day selected a few people in the early morning, forced the victim into a reflective plate, opened their hearts and offered them to the Aztec gods. Some people are given hallucinogenic mushrooms or drink an alcohol made from fermented cactus water so that they no longer feel about what is about to happen.

"It is a 6-month procedure. While prisoners listen to their executions being executed, the next ones continue to be chosen," Martinez said. "You can imagine how the last person will sink in horror when he sees others turn away."

The monks sometimes eat the victims alive , or cook the meat from the victims' boiled limbs. Cuts and teeth marks on the bones indicate that the meat has been shaved off to eat. Aztec warriors also whitened lime bones and wore them like body charms. Some are for decoration at home.

When they knew the Spaniards came, they hid the objects related to the victims under the well, thus preserving the sequelae for archaeologists.

"They have hidden all the evidence. Thanks to that, we were able to discover an unexpected chapter in Mexican history," Martinez said.

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