Archaeologists have excavated more sections of an extraordinary Aztec tower of human skulls under the centre of Mexico City. Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH ...

Tales of the tower of skulls which struck fear into ... lay undisturbed underneath what was once the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, but is now Mexico City. Until, that is, a group of archaeologists ...

(Mexico City was built on top of the Aztec ... of deities themselves," he added. Skull towers were declarations of power in the Aztec empire According to Barrera, the Aztecs built tzompantli ...

Archaeologists have discovered 119 more human skulls in new sections of an Aztec tower dating back to the ... the historic district of modern-day Mexico City, The Telegraph reported.

Some will shock you, while others will delight you. The Aztec Empire was full of interesting daily tidbits that we never learned about in school.