Found on the western side of what was once the Templo Mayor complex in Tenochtitlan, in modern Mexico City, the partially unearthed skull rack was likely built between 1485 and 1502 and may have been about 112 feet (34 meters) long and 40 feet (12 meters) wide.It was described by the early Spanish conquerors -- the Aztecs' euphemistic name for it was "the corncrib", and the only surprising thing is that anyone is surprised. :') Thanks dware.
This has been known about for a long time. In the late 1950’s when I had anthropology/archaeology courses in Mexico I read about this. I read in the original Spanish “Cortez’ Five Letters to King Carlos” of Spain, and Bernal Diaz, one of Cortez’s lieutenants concurrent record of his experiences. I would read one episode in one and then read the same period of time in the other. Subsequently, I also read Salvador Madariaga’s “Heart of Jade”, also a very realistic and bloody historical novel. These are all excellent books if you can find them.
I do wish more liberals would study the history of ALL the ancient civilizations of this planet-they would see that at some point in their development, all tribes/groups were pretty much bloodthirsty savages who practiced ritual sacrifice, cannibalism, and did absolute slaughters in war-there were no rules of engagement.
The Spaniards with Cortez, for instance were pretty savage in their methods of conquest-rape, pillage slaughter adults and kids alike, and carry off all the plunder-they didn’t do it as a ritual, but it wasn’t pretty. I’m not a bigot-those were my ancestors...
I’ve seen Apocalipto a couple of times-I seems pretty close to all I’ve read, historically speaking
