25. Tzompantli (“wall of skulls”). The Tzompantli of Chichen-Itza represents skulls placed on poles alternating with scenes describing eagles in the act of eating human hearts, or depicting feathered serpents and warriors. In Tenochtitlan (near Mexico City), the wall served for the conservation of the skulls of the victims that had been sacrificed to the gods.

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