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To: SunkenCiv
Both Prescott and the Spanish Conquistadors spoke of the Aztec love of human flesh.

It was said that Montezuma sacrificed 20,000 at his Coronation. Meat for the feast.

11 posted on 10/09/2015 1:54:46 PM PDT by Little Bill (EVICT Queen Jean)
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To: Little Bill

And for dessert, lady fingers!


13 posted on 10/09/2015 1:55:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Little Bill

As I remember it, Cortez, upon entering Tenochtitlan, found a wall made of the skulls from that one extra-festive Aztec event: 5 skulls wide, 10 skulls high, 400 skulls long.


19 posted on 10/09/2015 2:02:59 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Still Catholic after all these years.)
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