"They were all made sacred. Turned into gifts for the gods or even personifications of deities themselves."

In 2017, researchers unearthed a macabre tower of human skulls after two years of digging beneath the Templo Mayor site in Mexico City. According to The Guardian , there was even more than initially met the eye, however — as researchers just discovered another section of 119 human skulls.

The previous find yielded a tower of 484 skulls spanning over 16 feet in diameter. This latest find was made on the east side of Huey Tzompantli — the main trophy room of sacrificed men, women, and children. According to Phys , the macabre Aztec hoard now totals 603 human skulls.

The cylindrical structure in question sits near the cathedral built over Templo Mayor, one of the main templ

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