If you're referring to the central American Aztec/Mayan pyramids, I would say it has more than just earmarks...
Ah, yes. I have seen this reproduction. Thank you.
I was only referencing the large numbers of persons required to supply the raw material for the infusions versus the small number of persons receiving said blood product.
I see, however, that you have cut straight to the chase.
And this is the end of the horrific process. This is how men both sacrifice to their god, and believe that they will become gods. The spilling of blood is not optional. The question is that of whose blood is spilled.