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Aztec 'death whistles,' used to prepare sacrifice victims to descend to the underworld, scramble your brain, scans reveal
Ritual Aztec whistles produced a brain-scrambling "scream," according to a new study. The objects were used during human sacrifices and may have prepared victims for their supposed descent to ...
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The Child Sacrifice Behind Clinic Walls
Pete Buttigieg Decides to Spend More Time with His Family In 1519, when Hernán Cortés landed in Mexico he encountered an Aztec civilization dedicated to the practice of human sacrifice on a ...
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Poinsettias: Here’s how they became one of the most popular potted plants
Instead of indicating human sacrifice of the Aztecs, the blood red color symbolized Christ’s sacrifice and is associated with the Christmas season. In Mexico, poinsettias in the wild are much ...