Re: human sacrifices

mike shupp (ms44278@HUEY.CSUN.EDU)
Sat, 25 May 1996 13:54:16 -0700

On Sat, 25 May 1996, John Pastore wrote:

> Where do you get your evidence that the
> Aztecs sacrificed 80,000, or even 20,000, or even 200 people at
> once?

Conquistadors and Prescott. Was it del Castillo (sorry, I'm
without reference material right now) who said something on the
order of "I saw no less than 300,000 skulls in these pyramids.
I say this again less I be disbelieved: no less than 300,000
skulls."

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