the common belief about Aztec sacrificial stones is that a person being sacrificed was killed by cutting open the chest and pulling out the heart. "We normally associate (it) with heart removal ...

The heart can be interpreted as dark ... Hearts, or more precisely, the removal of hearts, played a crucial role in Aztec rituals as a way to postpone the end of the world through human sacrifice.

The Aztecs lived in Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries and are most famous for their human sacrifices, notably by heart removal ... of value for taxation, Aztec administrators were ...

MEXICAN archaeologists have made the most significant Aztec find in decades, unearthing a 15th-century altar and a huge stone slab at a ruined temple in the heart of Mexico City. The works were ...