TOWER OF HUMAN SKULLS FOUND IN MEXICO CASTS NEW LIGHT ON AZTECS


A tower of hundreds of human skulls - including crania of children- has been unearthed beneath the heart of Mexico City.
Archaeologists have found more than 650 skulls caked in lime and thousands of fragments in a cylindrical edifice near the site of the Templo Mayor, one of the main temples in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, which later became Mexico City.
Anthropologists said the discovery of skulls belonging to women and children was unexpected, and the finding has raised new questions about the culture of sacrifice in the Aztec Empire.
The tower is believed to form part of the Huey Tzompantli, a massive array of skulls that struck fear into the Spanish conquistadors when they captured the city under conquistador Hernan Cortes.
Hundreds of skulls were unearthed in Mexico city 
More than 650 skulls were found 
Abel Guzman, Rodrigo Bolanos and Miriam Castaneda from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) examine the skulls 
A skull discovered at a site where more than 650 skulls caked in lime and thousands of fragments were found 
Rodrigo Bolanos, an archaeologist from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), working at the site where the skulls were found 
The site where hundreds of skulls were discovered 

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