Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this 2018 photo provided by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History, INAH, a skull-like stone carving and a ...

In a bloody ritual, priests flayed victims and wore their skins as a tribute to the god of renewal and rebirth. On the left, a skull-like stone carving depicting the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Among the most significant of the various gods worshipped by the indigenous peoples of pre-Hispanic Mexico was Xipe Tótec ...

Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said the find was made at a dig at a Popoloca Indian ruins known as Ndachjian–Tehuacán in Puebla state. The Popoloca people built the temple ...

A skull-like stone carving and a stone trunk depicting the Flayed Lord are stored after being excavated from the Ndachjian-Tehuacan archaeological site. AP See more of our coverage in your search ...

Each spring as new plants sprouted from the ground, the ancient cultures of Mesoamerica, including the Aztecs, understood the event as the earth growing a new skin. This idea was embodied by the god ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican experts have found the first temple of the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse, authorities said Wednesday. Mexico's National ...