Detail of a reconstructed stone tzompantli, or skull rack, at Chichén Itzá.Anagoria/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
Detail of a reconstructed stone tzompantli, or skull rack, at Chichén Itzá.Anagoria/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
Modern America is less choosy about which children are killed.
Oh, well that's a relief!
Human sacrifice was one of the early examples of bad government decisions based on junk science.
So these satan worshippers were just precursors to the modern democrap party then...
Toxic males insisting on identifying as males?
When I was there about 35 years ago, the tour guide (a local historian) said only the remains of young boys were found in the "cenote," a spot where human sacrifices were made. According to the guide, the theory was that the leaders were secretly keeping the girls for themselves inside the temple, and then dressing the boys as girls and sacrificing them in front of the crowd.
Now, I'm reading that girls' remains have been found in the cenote, too. So, maybe some of the remains thought to be boys years ago were later found to be girls. But, if historians knew years ago that boys were sacrificed there, they shouldn't be surprised to find all the remains in the "chultun" were boys.
So sad... What a cold, bloodthirsty culture.
“Mostly peaceful sacrifices.” s/
SunkenCiv, thank you for finding and posting these articles. Some of the headlines and the authors themselves lay open for snarky comments. But, all of this work is interesting, and ultimately, important for our understanding of the past, and of ourselves.
Take care,
Oldplayer
