Carved from wood more than five centuries ago, a small skull faced mask held today at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore ...

In the 1990s, archaeologists found a beheaded sacrifice victim near an Aztec temple in Mexico City, his hands still gripping ...

In 1487, the Aztec Empire reconsecrated the Templo Mayor with one of the most infamous ceremonies in history. According to historical accounts, thousands of prisoners of war were sacrificed over ...

The sacrifice was an elaborate procedure, indicating it was of utmost importance to the highest echelons of ancient society.

When Spanish conquistadors entered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1519, they described a sight so horrifying that many ...

Victor W. Turner, 'The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure', translated by Mitsuo Tomikura, Shisakusha, 1976. I suspected as much, but Turner is indeed a Catholic. Moreover, since he is a ...

New radiocarbon dating of the ‘Llullaillaco Maiden’ appears to rule out a response to natural disasters or Inca campaigns of conquest. Reading time 3 minutes Researchers called her the “Llullaillaco ...

Three decades ago, researchers working atop the Llullaillaco volcano, located on the border between Argentina and Chile, discovered exceptionally well-preserved remains. The find included the ...

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Butcher bags, human sacrifice and cavernous black holes … in a world of dry art this stunning exhibition forces us to confront religion and mortality ...