El País in English8d
‘A holocaust to appease the fury of the gods’: Child sacrifices to Tláloc to ward off extreme drought
The Mexican National College presents new findings on the 15th-century climate crisis that led to the sacrifice of 42 ...
Mexico went through extreme drought. The Aztecs sacrificed 42 children to Tlaloc, the god of rain
The remains, mostly boys aged between two and seven years old, were placed inside a box of ashlars in a careful arrangement.
Sacramento Bee11d
Centuries-old mass grave of children found in Mexico. They were sacrificed to rain god
The sculptures imitated the face of Tlaloc, the Mexica god of rain, archaeologists said. Now, analysis of the bones and the surrounding geology dates the burial of the bodies to between 1452 and ...
La Brújula Verde12d
The Mass Offering of Children to Tlaloc Coincided with the Great Drought of 1454 in Mexico
Massive offering of infants dedicated to Tlaloc, coincided with the great drought of 1454 in the Basin of Mexico. Credit: Leonardo López Luján / El Colegio Nacional / INAH In a context marked by water ...
Raleigh News & Observer11d
Centuries-old mass grave of children found in Mexico. They were sacrificed to rain god
In 1978, workers for a light and power company stumbled upon a sculpture of Coyolxauhqui, an Aztec-era goddess, at the Templo Mayor, or the Great Temple ... the face of Tlaloc, the Mexica god ...