Mexico found the body of the child who used the spirit in ancient Aztec temple

Mexican City archaeologists have found a skeleton of a child at the foot of an ancient temple, believed to be the god of the Aztec god and god, the American History (HC) Journal on July 31st. Japanese

According to HC, about 600 years ago, the 200-meter-tall temples of Templo Mayor in the center of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan of the Aztecs are quite sacred and busy practice, worshiping the god Huitzilopochtli , and indeed present rituals such as bloody sword fighting, burning people, even gods with young children living. In the 16th century, when the Aztec empire was annexed by the Spaniards, the above-mentioned area gave way to a new church, leaving a huge archaeological heritage under solid stone ground.

The skull of a child, a scapegoat, was found at the base of Templo Mayor.

It is here, according to National Geographic Spain, that archaeologists discovered the burial site for children. According to the archaeological document called Offering 176 , this boy was used as a scapegoat around the 15th century, aged 8 to 10. Before the goddess, the boy was dressed as a god of war. scary paintings.

Many items buried with children such as bronze bells, snail shells and colored beads are worn around the victim's ankles and neck. Although some are worn out, there are many jade green jade artifacts that originate in Guatemala, and a blue stone of unknown origin. Like many images of gods, the boy carried a wooden armor and wings, believed to be a tool to connect to the god named Hummingbird in the south, nearby.

According to archaeologists, even at a very young age, the child's teeth seemed to be worn out, evidence of dental disease. So far, researchers have only found another child who is believed to have been killed for divine purposes. This child, when he was 5 years old, still had a heart, although it was decomposed, in clothes like the god Huitzilopochtli. In the report prepared and published by the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History (MNIA), archaeologists have not fully understood this barbaric spirit.

The bones and the many antiquities were found buried with the baby.

Templo Mayor temple itself is considered the most ancient and mysterious place. Recent discoveries also reveal hundreds of human skulls, stacked over 30 meters tall. Particularly the body of the child was buried under a stone slab of the floor, buried in a grave of round and deep holes, poking around brick and stone.

Who is this child, why was he killed, and what do the buried objects mean? The question is currently being researched by MNIA and hopefully soon there will be an answer.