Such racks,or tzompantli, were used to display severed heads of sacrifice victims on wooden poles, and this one is made partly of skulls mortared togetherArchaeologists say they have have found the main trophy rack of sacrificed human skulls at Mexico City’s Templo Mayor Aztec ruin site.
Racks known as “tzompantli” were where the Aztecs displayed the severed heads of sacrifice victims on wooden poles pushed through the sides of the cranium. The poles were suspended horizontally on vertical posts.
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Source: theguardian.com