Over 500 years ago, a young woman was buried in the holiest temple of the ancient Aztec city Tenochtitlan. She was surely an elite member of her society, based on the location of her grave. But the way she was buried doesn't fit with anything anthropologists know about Aztec society. Her body, discovered recently 15 feet below what is today Mexico City's Templo Mayor, was surrounded by a heap of 1,789 human bones, along with a holy tree and other offerings. More »
Incredible discovery of Aztec skeletons in ritualistic mass grave [Anthropology]
Incredible discovery of Aztec skeletons in ritualistic mass grave [Anthropology]:
Over 500 years ago, a young woman was buried in the holiest temple of the ancient Aztec city Tenochtitlan. She was surely an elite member of her society, based on the location of her grave. But the way she was buried doesn't fit with anything anthropologists know about Aztec society. Her body, discovered recently 15 feet below what is today Mexico City's Templo Mayor, was surrounded by a heap of 1,789 human bones, along with a holy tree and other offerings. More »
Over 500 years ago, a young woman was buried in the holiest temple of the ancient Aztec city Tenochtitlan. She was surely an elite member of her society, based on the location of her grave. But the way she was buried doesn't fit with anything anthropologists know about Aztec society. Her body, discovered recently 15 feet below what is today Mexico City's Templo Mayor, was surrounded by a heap of 1,789 human bones, along with a holy tree and other offerings. More »
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