Human Sacrifice & The Aztecs: How & Why Did They Practice This Ritual?

Was human sacrifice really practised in the Aztec empire? What was its purpose? And who were the victims? Historian Caroline Dodds Pennock explains

Feeding the Gods — The Horrific Aztec Practice of Human Sacrifice

An informational text article about the Aztec practice of human sacrifice and why they did it. A great supplement to any unit on ancient civilizations

Info Reading Text - Why did the Aztecs practice Human Sacrifice? (no prep/sub)

Aztec sacrifice hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

A fresh look at tales of human sacrifice

The 'darker link' between ancient human sacrifice and our modern world, The Independent

Photograph, Human Sacrifice, Pre-Columbian

Aztec Human Sacrifices

Human sacrifice was a religious practice characteristic of pre-Columbian Aztec civilization, as well as of other mesoamerican civilizations such as the Maya and the Zapotec. The Aztecs had 18 months in one

Why did early human societies practice violent human sacrifice?

There is no such thing as 'Human Sacrifice'”