Mask Teotihuacan Mexico 200-600 Linden museum Stuttgart ( The Aztecs, Mesoamerican culture, Central Mexico 1300 to 1521 (14th-16th Century), Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan, city-state of the Mexica , Tenochca, Texcoco, Tlacopan, )

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Human sacrifice played a central role in the ideology of the Aztec Empire.

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Size: 3248px × 4139px
Photo credit: © Peter Horree / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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