The skulls belong to males, some of whom had dental pathologies.Image credit: Miriam Angélica Camacho Martínez/INAH
Posted on 08/26/2023 10:59:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered the burials of 13 individuals — including two who were beheaded as part of sacrificial rituals and five whose skulls had been elongated through intentional deformation — near a Maya pyramid at the Moral-Reforma archaeological site near Tabasco...
The burials date to between A.D. 600 and 900, a time when the Maya civilization flourished in the region, the INAH said in an Aug. 23 translated statement. The burials consist of human skulls, fragments of jaws, and bones of the lower and upper extremities, the archaeologists said in the statement. Their analysis also revealed that some of the bones had been covered in red pigment.
An anatomical examination revealed that all of the individuals were men between the ages of 17 and 35. During the first millennium, the Maya sometimes sacrificed their prisoners of war, but it's unclear for now if these people were captives.
The analysis also found that at least five of the individuals had modified, elongated skulls — a shape that can be achieved by constricting a person's head with bands when they are young. This was frequently practiced by the Maya and other ancient societies — including people in Japan, the Huns, medieval European women, and some Native American tribes — and may have raised the social status of those who underwent this practice, the archaeologists said.
Moral-Reforma was the center of a Maya kingdom that at times was allied with other Maya cities, such as Calakmul and Palenque, according to the INAH. Excavation and research at Moral-Reforma is ongoing; so far, archaeologists have unearthed 76 buildings dating to before the arrival of the Spaniards. However, the Maya worshipped many deities, and it's not clear which god(s) this particular pyramid served.
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The skulls belong to males, some of whom had dental pathologies.Image credit: Miriam Angélica Camacho Martínez/INAH
Not much different than Libtards and their mile high pile of dead babies
They’re just as barbaric. What’s the difference except Libtards have slaughtered far far more than the pagan Mayans
Wait a minute. I’m confused. I was told that the European explorers were the barbaric ones.
Like Libtards and mutilating under age kids
“This was frequently practiced by the Maya and other ancient societies — including people in Japan, the Huns, medieval European women, and some Native American tribes”
It has been a long time since I was in grammar school, but I think the Maya were also a Native American tribe.
But But the Maya were in Mexico.
But But But Mexico is in North America.
All the writer had to add was 8 letters in order to keep me thinking he was really really educated. “In the USA”
And this is why I love gun powder and rifled barrels.
Nothings changed there.
Cartelistas are the new High Priests of ritual murder.
See, this was just Quetzucoatl-affirming health care.
This is nothing compared to the Wall of Skulls at Chichen Itza...
Over 500 skulls were there as the Mayans sacrificed to their gods...
NOW I understand why he looks like Lurch.
Mayan Mass in Mexico. [Francis] Bishops APPROVE IT!
https://www.youtube.com/live/30cbDc3DHIs?feature=shared
Leftists love to tell us how benevolent and caring the Native peoples were in this part of thw world before the evil white Christians arrived.
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