Mexican Archeologists Find Rare Sacrifice - Yahoo! News
"MEXICO CITY - Archeologists digging through an Aztec temple say they've found a rare child sacrifice to the war god, a deity normally honored with the hearts or skulls of adult warriors.
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The child found at Mexico City's Templo Mayor ruins was apparently killed sometime around 1450, in a sort of grim cornerstone ceremony intended to dedicate a new layer of building, according to archaeologist Ximena Chavez.
Priests propped the child � apparently already dead, since the sand around him showed no sign of movement � in a sitting position and workers packed earth around his body, which was then covered beneath a flight of stone temple steps."
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The child found at Mexico City's Templo Mayor ruins was apparently killed sometime around 1450, in a sort of grim cornerstone ceremony intended to dedicate a new layer of building, according to archaeologist Ximena Chavez.
Priests propped the child � apparently already dead, since the sand around him showed no sign of movement � in a sitting position and workers packed earth around his body, which was then covered beneath a flight of stone temple steps."
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