Recent research has revealed that a mass ritual sacrifice of young children to a rain god in 15th-century Mexico coincided with a deadly drought in the region. The skeletal remains of at least 42 children, aged 2 to 7, were unearthed in 1980-1981 by archaeologists from the Templo Mayor Project (PTM), led by the Mexican National Institute of ... More @Wikipedia
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