Mike Ruggeri's Toltec and Aztec World

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  Examining heart extractions in ancient Mesoamerica

  archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com

  4/23/2020 07:00:00 PM Sacrificial rituals featuring human heart extraction were a prevalent religious practice throughout ancient Mesoamerican …

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  Native American 14th-century’ sweat lodge’ discovered in Mexico City

  archaeology-world.com - Archaeology World Team

  Native American 14th-century’ sweat lodge’ discovered in Mexico City Archaeologists in Mexico City’s ancient La Merced district have unearthed a …

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  Aztec breakthrough: Largest pre-Hispanic house ever found in stunning Mexico City find

  express.co.uk - Joel Day

  THE largest pre-Hispanic home ever found has been unearthed in Mexico City and could reveal the secrets of the Aztecs. Archaeologists are celebrating …

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  Pre-Hispanic Symbols Found in a Mexican Tunnel

  ancient-origins.net - ashley cowie

  Archaeologists in Ecatepec, México state, have found a centuries old tunnel with symbolic imagery. The tunnel in Ecatepec is part of a 17th-century …

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  Feeding the gods: Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrifice in Aztec capital

  sciencemag.org

  The priest quickly sliced into the captive's torso and removed his still-beating heart. That sacrifice, one among thousands performed in the sacred …

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  Aztec allies ritually disfigured captured Spaniards’ remains

  archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com

  5/09/2019 06:00:00 PM New research suggests an Aztec-allied town ceremonially disfigured the bodies of captive Spaniards during one of the worst …