In the late 1990s, a group of archaeologists discovered the skeleton of a human sacrifice victim within an ancient temple in Mexico City. Curiously, in each of its hands, the skeleton held a small ...

Six of the seven wonders no longer stand, having been destroyed by natural disaster ... Machu Picchu in Peru, and the Aztec Temple in Tenochtitlan in Mexico—should have been included, these ...

The engulfing flames destroyed Gounsa Temple in Uiseong, an ancient temple built in A.D. 681 during the Silla Dynasty (57 B.C.-A.D. 935). National treasures stored in the temple had been relocated ...

The invaders crushed temples and raised churches all over the Aztec Empire ... 500 temples have been destroyed, and more than 26,000 figures of demons, which the Indians worshipped, have been ...

The invaders crushed temples and raised churches all over the Aztec Empire ... 500 temples have been destroyed, and more than 26,000 figures of demons, which the Indians worshipped, have been ...

Templo Mayor served as the religious center for the Aztec people. When Spanish conquistadors arrived in the early 16th century, the temple was among many structures that were destroyed and a new ...