But a new archaeological analysis suggests that these morbid masks may have been made from slain warriors ... Aztec Empire. Finally, the researchers examined the method of manufacture of the ...

While it was previously believed that such a tower would only include the skulls or male warriors ... skull rack is not the only recent find in Mexico City. Last month, researchers unveiled an ...

Archaeologists have long known that Mesoamericans displayed the severed heads of captured warriors on skull racks, or tzompantli in the Aztec language of Nahuatl. But the new discovery included ...

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 ...

It is believed to be part of a skull rack ... of young male warriors, but also unearthed the crania of women and children, raising questions about human sacrifice in the Aztec Empire.