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![Aztecs - Civilization and Culture](/files/lib/120x120/aztec_pyramid.webp)
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![Cannibalistic Rituals of the Aztecs](https://gradcontent.com/lib/120x120/skeleton7.webp)
The gods of the Aztecs had a constant need of bloody human sacrifices....
![The Aztec Civilization](https://gradcontent.com/lib/120x120/coatlicue-mother-gods-aztecs.webp)
The Aztec Empire grew bit by bit, with each ruler expanding Aztec territory through conquests and alliances.
The Aztecs maintained their empire through a complex tax system....
![Aztec human sacrifice](https://gradcontent.com/lib/120x120/mayan_culture.webp)
It is estimated that about 20, 000 people a year were falling victim to the Aztec royal family....
![Tombs of the last days of the Aztecs](https://gradcontent.com/lib/120x120/mayan_culture.webp)
Moreover, archaeologists have also discovered in the tomb items which could had been produced from Aztec, buttons and pieces of glass....
![The Aztecs at the main deity was that of dreams](https://gradcontent.com/lib/120x120/kukulkan_maya.webp)
In North America the Aztecs had special rooms for dreams. The elders of the tribe interpreted dreams, which were received during rituals and in accordance with various claims....
![Menacing Tower of Skulls Stupefies Mexico](https://gradcontent.com/lib/120x120/aztec-skulls4.webp)
The cathedral was built where the Templo Mayor - the Aztecs' most sacred and important temple - once stood....
![Mysterious Temple Revealed in a Mexican Pyramid after Earthquake](https://gradcontent.com/lib/120x120/aztec_pyramid.webp)
Tlaloc was the god of fertility, abundance and water, who played a vital role in Aztec rituals....
![It Can't Be: Find out What Some of the Objects Around us were Used for in the Past](https://gradcontent.com/lib/120x120/baloni-jivotni2.webp)
It was part of the animal sacrifice conducted by the Aztecs. Instead of rubber, the Aztecs made their figures from dried animal intestines....
![The Most Bizarre Gods of the Ancient World](https://gradcontent.com/lib/120x120/viking825673.webp)
Xochipilli - God of gay prostitutes
A number of religions have a god of homosexuality but only the Aztecs had an even more specific one....
![The Worst Tragedies to Happen on Friday the 13th Over the Years](https://gradcontent.com/lib/120x120/ricari_drevnost.webp)
Aztec Empire, 08.13.1521
On this day, the great Aztec Empire, which had persisted for centuries, crumbled with a sudden and bloody end....
![Ancient Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico](https://gradcontent.com/lib/120x120/aztec_pyramid.webp)
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![The Voynich Manuscript - a 102-Year-Old Historical Mystery](https://gradcontent.com/lib/120x120/the_magic_book.webp)
Experts from the University of Delaware theorize that the manuscript was written by the Aztecs but linguists and cryptologists are skeptical of this claim....
![The Mysterious Capital of the Zapotecs](https://gradcontent.com/lib/120x120/monte-alban.webp)
Every time we hear about ancient civilizations in America, most of us immediately think of the Aztecs, Mayans and Incas....
![The History of Mankind is a Weave of Cycles?](https://gradcontent.com/lib/120x120/old-calendar-maya.webp)
A similar cycle of constantly repeating events is seen in the Mayan calendar and in the religion of the Aztecs....
![Giant bones discovered in a cave in Bavaria](https://gradcontent.com/lib/120x120/mistery_cave.webp)
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