| Human Sacrifices At Chichen Itza |
| The Yucatan, Mexico |
| Chichen Itza turns out to have been a human sacrifice theme park. These carvings are from the Temple of Skulls, which also features eagles ripping bodies apart to eat the hearts. I somehow managed to miss photographing the eagles. In addition, there is also a sacrificial well, shown in the video. |
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| This deadly carving is from the Platform of the Jaguars & Eagles. Looking at the top, you can see the jaguar's ears. Moving down, the jaguar's face appears, with its mouth wide open, about to consume a human heart. Nothing is hidden about what went on at Chichen Itza. The human sacrifice victims were often captured enemies from rival Mayan cities. |
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| This serpent head is from the Platform of Venus, another leading site for human sacrifice at Chichen Itza. The serpent often appears with a human head in its jaws. |
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| Chichen Itza offers a sound and light show in which the Temple of Venus is appropriately presented as blood red. But the script goes even further, with audio of a human sacrifice in English, ending as the victim cries out when killed. I doubt any other sound and light show is so honest, and it's all part of my video. |
| Here is the bloody Mayan reclining god, Chac-Mool, to whom many of the victims were sacrificed. I found this Chac-Mool in the garden of my hotel, adjacent to Chichen Itza. Many tourists buy images of Chac- Mool to take home, presumably unaware of their souvenir's historic role in human sacrifices. |
| If you have a high speed internet connection, watch the Intrepid Berkeley Explorer's free travel video of this trip to Central America and Mexico, "Mayavision", by clicking on AdventurePics.com . |
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