Aztec 'Tower Of Skulls' Reveals Women, Children Were Sacrificed : The Two-Way Some 650 skulls unearthed in Mexico City are believed to be the legendary Huey Tzompantli, a site for victims of human ...

For many people, the story of the Aztec crystal skulls begins and ends with the least memorable Indiana Jones movie in the storied franchise. To others, the crystal skulls have mystical psychic and ...

Archaeologists in Mexico have found 119 more human skulls in a grisly Aztec "tower of skulls." Some 484 skulls had previously been found at the tower, according to Mexico’s National Institute of ...

50 skulls found at one sacrificial stone Five found buried, originally hung on skull rack Found at temple that dates back over 500 years MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican archaeologists said Friday ...

When the first Spanish conquistadors arrived in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan in 1519, they claimed to have witnessed a massive temple made of 130,000 human skulls. Archaeologists long believed ...

Aztec skull mask from Tenochtitlán, Mexico. An Aztec-style chert knife has been placed in the nose,... [+] and the eyes are made from shell and pyrite. (Image used with permission of Corey Ragsdale.) ...

Archaeologists have unearthed gruesome evidence of brutal Aztec rituals by uncovering 50 skulls and over 250 jaw bones at the Templo Mayor in modern Mexico City.

Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered the skulls of more than 100 men, women and children in newly unearthed sections of an Aztec tower of human remains. The skull tower, which is said to date ...

For their acoustic analysis, Frühholz et al. obtained sound recordings from two Aztec skull whistles excavated from Tlatelolco, as well as from three noise whistles (part of Aztec fire snake ...

In digging up ancient Aztec graves dating from the years 1250 to 1521 AD, archaeologists have found many examples of small whistles made of clay and formed into the shape of a skull. These ...

The Aztec skull whistle produces a shrill, screaming sound. A study shows that these whistles have a disturbing effect on the human brain. The Aztecs may have deliberately used this effect in ...

In digging up ancient Aztec graves dating from the years 1250 to 1521 AD, archaeologists have found many examples of small ...