Archaeologists unearth a new child sacrifice site at the foot of an ancient temple in a lost Aztec city

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A child sacrifice site at the foot of an ancient temple in a lost Aztec city has been unearthed by archaeologists.

The discovery was made at the foot of the ancient Templo Mayor temple, which was found in the heart of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.

The young child is believed to have been sacrificed for the Aztec god of war Huitzilopochtli during the late fifteenth century.

Child sacrifice seems to have been a relatively common occurrence in the cultures of ancient south and central America.

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