Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said the find was made at a dig at a Popoloca Indian ruins known as Ndachjian–Tehuacán in Puebla state. The Popoloca people built the temple ...

Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (NIAH) has discovered the first temple dedicated to Xipe Totec, an Aztec deity whose named roughly equates to "The Flayed Lord." For 40 days ...

Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said the find was made during recent excavations of Popoloca Indian ruins in the central state of Puebla. The institute said experts found two ...

In a bloody ritual, priests flayed victims and wore their skins as a tribute to the god of renewal and rebirth. On the left, a skull-like stone carving depicting the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic ...

Stone carvings dating back 1,000 years suggest gruesome rituals tied to beliefs about fertility and long life. Mexican archaeologists have discovered what they say is the first temple of a ...

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Archaeologists in Mexico say they've found a temple dedicated to Xipe Tótec, a god associated with rituals involving skinning sacrificial victims. The discovery marks the first time researchers have ...

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