Mexican experts discover first temple of god depicted as skinned human corpse
Source: Associated Press
Mexican experts discover first temple of god depicted as skinned human corpse
AP in Mexico City
Wed 2 Jan 2019 22.43 GMT
Mexican experts say they have found the first temple of the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse.
Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said Wednesday the find was made during recent excavations of Popoloca ruins in Puebla state.
The institute said experts found two skull-like stone carvings and a stone trunk depicting the god, Xipe Totec. It had an extra hand dangling off one arm, suggesting the god was wearing the skin of a sacrificial victim.
Priests worshipped Xipe Totec by skinning victims and then donning their skins.
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A skull-like stone carving and stone trunk depicting the Flayed lord. Photograph: Meliton Tapia Davila/AP
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