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New discoveries on human sacrifice: Help strengthen power in a classifying society
In the past, human sacrifices, which were thought to be associated with primitive societies.
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Ancient Mexican tribe raised lion leopard with human flesh
A group of American scientists found evidence showing ancient Teotihuacan people in Mexico for lion lions to eat human bodies after sacrificial rites.
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Mysterious civilization in Central America
Huge rock heads scattered across the territory are one of the salient features of Olmec civilization in Central America.
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Dogs buried collectively in Mexico
Recent archaeologists have discovered a special burial site containing the skeletons of 12 dogs from the 14th century.
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Mystery temple 1200 years ago CN under the city
Archaeologists in Mexico City have unearthed skulls and other bones of 15 people, mostly children of street vendors during the Aztec period. The mysterious ancient tomb…
Archeology
Found the Central American gold city
Beneath the primeval forest in Honduras' Mosquitia region, archaeologists have found traces of ruins they consider the city missing Ciudad Blanca, or White City, accordi…
Archeology
Discovered 500-year-old remains of the Aztec empire
Mexican archaeologists discovered about 50 remains of more than 500 years of the Aztec empire, some of which were placed in porcelain pots.
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Soccer ball 3000 years ago
Mesoamerica people have created many types of rubber with different characteristics from more than 3,000 years ago ...
Archeology
Musical instruments from pre-Columbian times
Scientists were stunned by the discovery of a human skeleton buried in an Aztec temple with a clay skull whistle in each hand.
Archeology
Phishing Art: The truth about crystal skulls
Only three months after the Quai Branly Museum in Paris discovered a cherished crystal skull was a mysterious Aztec masterpiece, a fake, the British Museum and the bitte…
Archeology
The ancient Aztec math system was decoded
Not only is the tax code of today complicated. Ancient Aztecs with tax systems are also not simpler. In order to measure taxed land strips, Aztec mathematicians had to d…
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Excavation of ancient pyramids in Mexico
Archaeologists have discovered traces of an 800-year-old Aztec pyramid in the center of the Mexican capital. This shows that the old city was born 100 years longer than…
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Discover ancient altar at ancient Aztec temple
Mexican archaeologists have created the most significant discovery of the Aztec civilization for decades, unearthing an altar in the 15th century and a large stone at th…
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Discovered an ancient stone statue weighing 12.5 tons in Mexico City
Mexican archaeologists discovered a 12.5-ton monolithic statue at the ruins of an ancient Aztec temple in downtown Mexico, with an impressive 4m height.
Archeology
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.