Tag: 500yearold
Mexico: Starfish were sacrificed on a 500-year-old altar
Watch the video: Altar with starfish offerings unearthed in Mexico.
Mexico City, Mexico: Aztec altar discovered. Among the offerings: 164 starfish, many shells and jaguar bones. According to the researchers, the find dates back to wartime and is said to be 500 years old.
Peru: Almost 500-year-old skeletons discovered – they stuck on sticks
Chincha Valley
The conquerors plundered their graves: almost 500-year-old skeletons on sticks discovered in Peru
The skeletons on sticks found in Peru were apparently intended to ensure the unity of the body even after death
© C. O’Shea / Antiquity
Archaeologists have found human remains on sticks in Peru. Apparently, the indigenous peoples tried to save the honor of their ancestors after grave looting by the Spanish conquerors.
Archaeologists have made an extremely unusual