Templo Mayor, Mexico-City
Main temple at the ceremonial center of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire.
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On the walls 240 stone skulls covered with stucco, lined up like in a tzompantli (wooden rack displaying skulls of prisoners or sacrificial victims)
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Main temple at the ceremonial center of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire.