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Are we sure it's really all human sacrifice and not just an ossuary? For example a major tourist attraction underneath Paris is the The Catacombs where you can
by zawerf 8y ago
Are we sure it's really all human sacrifice and not just an ossuary?
For example a major tourist attraction underneath Paris is the The Catacombs where you can walk through tunnels paved with the skulls of over 6 million people. It's an amazing sight but would be extremely creepy without the context of a huge modern city above.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacombs_of_Paris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacombs_of_Paris
- HillaryBriss 8y agoi think maybe one bit of evidence against it being merely an ossuary is the large holes in the sides of the skulls, useful for inserting a pole. of course, that is not the last word. but, it's consistent with other evidence that large wooden poles bearing multiple skulls did exist.
- thedailymail 8y agoThe large holes were created post mortem, so that doesn't necessarily reject the ossuary hypothesis. But the body of evidence supporting the human sacrifice hypothesis is really pretty strong.
- JustFinishedBSG 8y ago> not just an ossuary? And Mexicas just happened to all die between 25 and 35 and be men ? They very clearly were killed.