Archaeologists have long been mystified by the ghastly skull masks offering found in Mexico’s Templo Mayor, one of the major Aztec temples still standing in the ruins of Tenochtitlan. Previously ...

Archaeologists have long been puzzled by gruesome skull mask offerings found in Templo Mayor - one of the most majestic temples that remains of the Aztec civilisation. Now, a team from the University ...

Ancient human skull masks left as offerings at an Aztec temple may have been crafted from the bones of defeated warriors and slain members of the nobility. Found alongside 30 decapitated skulls at the ...

Spanish conquistadors destroyed the Huei Tzompantli tower, but archaeologist are unearthing its ruins. Archaeologists have unearthed a new section of the Huey Tzompantli, a “tower of skulls” in what ...

CORRECTION: This story was updated on March 14, 2013, to indicate that the goblet pictured is pre-Columbian, not Aztec. Humans seem to have a predilection for fake quartz-crystal Aztec skulls. Since ...

It’s almost impossible to imagine the terror that ancient men must have felt as they waited to be sacrificed by decorated Aztec priests. But experts have revealed ...