archeologist from theNational Institute of Anthropology and History(INAH ) in Mexico have been digging around the Templo Mayor in the ancient city of Tenochtitlán , ascertain in current - twenty-four hour period Mexico City , as reported byNational Geographic Spain .
Within an unusual cylindrical stone lined with volcanic rocks , they unearthed the remains of a small skeleton – dub " Offering 176 " – that dates to the fifteenth hundred CE . hem in by colourful precious stone , they trust the male child was buried with a beaded necklace around his neck that has since endure away . Most peculiar of all , the green beads are jadeite bring from Guatemala and the dreary beads follow from an unknown origin .
strong-arm anthropologists on the scenery argue that the boy was no older than 10 years old , yet died with drawn tooth and signs of transmission within his mouth . offer up 176 was let on in the western United States extension of a temple dedicate to Huitzilopochtli , the Aztec god of war and the Sun , hinting that the boy was “ given ” to the deity as a human sacrifice . The skeleton was also adorn with badges and ornamentation related to that deity – a indisputable mark he was sacrificed in a macabre ritual .
According to the INAH , the discovery offers fresh insight into the tie-in between children , human sacrifice , and the war deity Huitzilopochtli , who received this character of offering when non-Christian priest want to foresee the outcome of engagement . It ’s the second deterrent example of a nestling sacrifice being found at the Templo Mayor . In 2005 , researchers observe a standardised find at the south of the tabernacle , but this burial did n’t feature the strange clinical pit find this time around .
The city of Tenochtitlán flourished from 1325 CE until the Spanish conquistador turned up and destroyed it , along with the Templo Mayor , in 1521 CE . Now this Aztec past is slowly being unwrap once more . The past class has seen huge find at Templo Mayor , most awful of which is acylindrical tower , some 35 meters ( 114 feet ) in duration and 5 meters ( 16 feet ) in height , made out ofaround 700 humans skulls .
