Mexico's Pyramid of Death
At the Pyramid of the Moon in central Mexico, humans and animals were buried alive. Excavations reveal the remains of sacrifices once witnessed by thousands of spectators. 在墨西哥中部的月亮金字塔里，人和動物被活埋。成千上萬的觀眾曾經(jīng)見證了遺骸發(fā)掘的過程。
大風(fēng)車給你看真實的世界
Bird of Sacrifice
Sacred symbols of supernatural power, golden eagles shared the fate of a dozen men killed in a horrifying ritual likely witnessed by a crowd of thousands at the great urban center of Teotihuacan in about A.D. 300.
Scene of Bloody Murder
Traversing Teotihuacan's ceremonial center, the Street of the Dead ends at the Pyramid of the Moon, a platform for public rituals and sacrifices that repeats the shape of a distant mountain. Recent excavations deep inside the pyramid have revealed the remains of people and animals-all probably buried alive or beheaded to dedicate a series of expansions that began in about A.D. 200. This adds a new dimension to our understanding of such structures.
Headless Warriors
Teotihuacan's military dominated portions of Mesoamerica with brutal force. Beneath excavation co-director Saburo Sugiyama lie the remains of ten men from about A.D. 300. Probably prisoners of war, they were made eternally submissive: With their hands tied behind them and stripped of all ornamentation, they were beheaded and thrown in a heap.
Casualties of War
The skulls of 17 men were unearthed in another mass grave. Likely prisoners of war, all of the victims were foreigners, as indicated by bone analysis and teeth inlaid with greenstone and pyrite.
Secrets of the Grave
Discovered in the burial of A.D. 300, a puma was one of more than 40 sacrificial animals, most found with their legs bound.
ieces of a Puzzle
Scattered beads fill the mouth of a human sacrifice.
At the Pyramid of the Moon in central Mexico, humans and animals were buried alive. Excavations reveal the remains of sacrifices once witnessed by thousands of spectators. 在墨西哥中部的月亮金字塔里，人和動物被活埋。成千上萬的觀眾曾經(jīng)見證了遺骸發(fā)掘的過程。
大風(fēng)車給你看真實的世界
Bird of Sacrifice
Sacred symbols of supernatural power, golden eagles shared the fate of a dozen men killed in a horrifying ritual likely witnessed by a crowd of thousands at the great urban center of Teotihuacan in about A.D. 300.
Scene of Bloody Murder
Traversing Teotihuacan's ceremonial center, the Street of the Dead ends at the Pyramid of the Moon, a platform for public rituals and sacrifices that repeats the shape of a distant mountain. Recent excavations deep inside the pyramid have revealed the remains of people and animals-all probably buried alive or beheaded to dedicate a series of expansions that began in about A.D. 200. This adds a new dimension to our understanding of such structures.
Headless Warriors
Teotihuacan's military dominated portions of Mesoamerica with brutal force. Beneath excavation co-director Saburo Sugiyama lie the remains of ten men from about A.D. 300. Probably prisoners of war, they were made eternally submissive: With their hands tied behind them and stripped of all ornamentation, they were beheaded and thrown in a heap.
Casualties of War
The skulls of 17 men were unearthed in another mass grave. Likely prisoners of war, all of the victims were foreigners, as indicated by bone analysis and teeth inlaid with greenstone and pyrite.
Secrets of the Grave
Discovered in the burial of A.D. 300, a puma was one of more than 40 sacrificial animals, most found with their legs bound.
ieces of a Puzzle
Scattered beads fill the mouth of a human sacrifice.