Fine Art Touch | Exploring Italian Renaissance Art > Other News in Art, Stolen Art, etc. > Aztec People Used Altars Like This for Human Sacrifice Altar Found in the Heart of Mexico City Used by Aztec People for Human Sacrifice 10/04/2006 - The Aztec people would have used an
altar like this one found last weekend in downtown Mexico City
for human sacrifice. This altar and an 11 foot long slab from
the 15th century, part of the Templo Mayor pyramid complex,
would have served in rituals performed by Aztec people,
probably priests. The Aztec people were conquered and the
Templo Mayor was destroyed by the Spanish conquistadores in
1521 to use as building materials for their capital. The altar
features a frieze of Tlaloc, the rain god of the Aztec people,
and the slab may be covering the entrance to a subterranean
chamber. The slab is not fully excavated. The remains of the
Templo Mayor were only discovered in 1978 when electricity
workers found an 8 ton carving of a goddess sacred to the
Aztec people. The Tlaloc altar is the first major find in 28
years.
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