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n2doc

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Sat Oct 10, 2015, 02:31 PM Oct 2015

Conquistadors sacrificed and eaten by Aztec-era people, archaeologists say

Spanish conquistadors, women, children and horses were imprisoned for months, sacrificed and eaten by contemporaries of the Aztecs, archaeologists report after unveiling new research from ruins near Mexico City.

Although Spanish chroniclers including Hernán Cortes, who led the conquest of Mexico in 1520, recorded the capture of a convoy that year, archaeologists are for the first time uncovering details of what happened when a native people first encountered the Spanish, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said in an announcement of its findings.

Only a few dozen miles from the relative safety of the Spanish army, the convoy of conquistadors and allies encountered a local people known as the Acolhuas, allies of Tetzcoco, a major Aztec city.

Somehow, the caravan – archaeologists estimate it included 15 Spaniards, 45 soldiers from the colonies, 50 women, 10 children and a large number of indigenous allies – was captured. Over the next six months, its members met a grisly end.

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/10/conquistadors-sacrificed-eaten-aztec-acolhuas

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Conquistadors sacrificed and eaten by Aztec-era people, archaeologists say (Original Post) n2doc Oct 2015 OP
Being scripture literalists, the Aztecs had no problem adapting to Christianity. Xipe Totec Oct 2015 #1
don't forget the Cortezes' plot to combine Conquistador with pipiltin into a nightmare MisterP Oct 2015 #2

Xipe Totec

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1. Being scripture literalists, the Aztecs had no problem adapting to Christianity.
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 02:33 PM
Oct 2015

Eat the flesh and drink the blood? Cool! We can do that.

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