Human Sacrifice & The Aztecs: How & Why Did They Practice This Ritual?

Was human sacrifice really practised in the Aztec empire? What was its purpose? And who were the victims? Historian Caroline Dodds Pennock explains

By: Mandy, Jen W. and Tracy. Human Sacrifice The ritual of human sacrifice remains the Aztecs' most extreme divergence from western ideas of civilization. - ppt download

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Human sacrifice was a religious practice characteristic of pre-Columbian Aztec civilization, as well as of other mesoamerican civilizations such as the Maya and the Zapotec. The Aztecs had 18 months in one

Why Did Early Human Societies Practice Violent Human Sacrifice?

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Human Sacrifice & The Aztecs: How & Why Did They Practice This Ritual?

There is no such thing as 'Human Sacrifice'”

And one to hold the head?

Aztec Sacrifice Drawing

Aztec Sacrifice - World History Encyclopedia

Aztec Sacrifice. Post-Conquest Nahua Painting, c. 1560.