Altar (IMAGE)

Field Museum

Altar

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The altar on the Temple of the Warriors at Chichen Itza upon which human sacrifices were made. The altar was painted blue. After human victims were stripped, painted blue, and thrust back down on the altar, their beating hearts were removed.

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Photo by Dean E. Arnold, Courtesy of Dean E. Arnold.

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