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Mexican archaeologists discovered the first temple dedicated to Xipe Totec, which means "our lord skinned" because it was covered with human skin, victim of sacrifices.
The National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico reported that the discovery took place during recent excavations in the ruins of the Popoloca ethnic group in the state from Puebla.
Archaeologists have found two stone sculptures similar to skulls and a chest representing Xipe Totec, considered by the Aztecs. the god of fertility and one of the most important gods of the pre-Hispanic era.
One of the sculptures had an extra hand hanging on one of the arms, suggesting that the god was wearing the victim's skin of sacrifice, according to The Guardian.
Archaeologists estimate that the priests stabbed the victims of the sacrifice and wore human skin during the Xipe Totec cult.
The temple was built in a complex called Ndachjian-Tehuacan between 1000 and 1260 and later it was built in a complex known as Ndachjian-Tehuacan between 1000 and 1260 and later. , conquered by the Aztecs.
Susan Gillespie archaeologist from the University of Florida who was not involved in the project, wrote that "the discovery of gods had already been found in other cultures, including the Aztecs, the human trunk fragment using the skin of the skin of a victim is perhaps the most compelling evidence of the badociation of this practice and this deity with a particular temple. "
" The Aztec practice was to perform sacrificial death on one or more places, but to ritually stow skins elsewhere, after being used by humans alive for a few days.This may be the temple where they were kept making everything even more sacred. "
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