Archaeologists believe they may have been used to scare the victims of human sacrifice and those watching on during the Ancient Aztecs' infamous rituals. It has been shown in previous studies that ...

the Aztec Lord of the Underworld. "Given both the aversive/scary and associative/symbolic sound nature as well as currently known excavation locations at ritual burial sites with human sacrifices ...

The largest of the chambers included 12 human remains and 100 animals. This is believed to be one of the most abundant cases of mass animal sacrifices ever found in Teotihuacán. They are comparable to ...

The Aztecs conducted ritual sacrifices often ... Many civilizations believed human beings were created from maize and it was important religious and cultural practices. [ Related: Ancient pyramid ...