What a find!
We now know without doubt that the Teotihuacan culture, the “prehistoric heart” of what is now Mexico, was a thriving community dedicated to helping men ascend the spiritual ladder to become gods.
How do we know? Archaeologists have discovered a temple where priests sacrificed children.
Ancient altar found in Guatemala jungle apparently used for sacrifices, “especially of children,” archaeologists say https://t.co/HcB2UTIVMJ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 14, 2025
You and I may look at the practice of human sacrifice to appease the gods as barbaric, but apparently, these archaeologists see the temple as an example of a sophisticated culture whose influence was interwoven with other societies to build a vibrant, kinda, transnationalist community with a rich spiritual life.
An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what…
