USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -One sacrifice every 10 minutes means 144 per day, 4, 320 per month and 51, 840 per year.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dr. Woodrow Borah an authority on the demography of ancient Mexico at the University of California, Berkeley, has recently estimated that the Aztecs sacrificed 250, 000 people a year. This consituted about 1 percent of the region’s population of 25 million.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Spanish records relate mostly to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, where sacrifices took place 18 times every year, with around 60 victims each time. A human sacrifice was dedicated to one of the gods, so the form of sacrifice varied accordingly.

Detailed explanation-4: -When the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan was consecrated in 1487 the Aztecs recorded that 84, 000 people were slaughtered in four days. Self-sacrifice was common and individuals would pierce their ears, tongues and genitals to nourish the floors of temples with their blood.