Experts in Mexico discovered the first temple of the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse. Authorities at the National Institute of Anthropology and History in ...

MEXICO CITY – Mexican experts have found the first temple of the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse, authorities said Wednesday. Mexico's National Institute ...

Among the most significant of the various gods worshipped by the indigenous peoples of pre-Hispanic Mexico was Xipe Tótec ("Our Lord the Flayed One")—a symbol of fertility, agricultural regeneration ...

Xipe Totec is a god of agricultural renewal. Worshipped with human sacrifice, his priests wore the victims’ skins as ceremonial attire. Statues and carvings of Xipe Totec have turned up at ...

In a bloody ritual, priests flayed victims and wore their skins as a tribute to the god of renewal and rebirth. On the left, a skull-like stone carving depicting the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic ...

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In a remarkable discovery, archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered the first known temple of the “Flayed Lord” a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse. Ancient priests ...

Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (NIAH) has discovered the first temple dedicated to Xipe Totec, an Aztec deity whose named roughly equates to "The Flayed Lord." For 40 days ...

A skull-like stone carving and a stone trunk depicting the Flayed Lord are stored after being excavated from the Ndachjian-Tehuacan archaeological site. AP MEXICO CITY — Mexican experts have found the ...

> To honor the spring god Xipe, Aztec priests flayed human beings and clad themselves in the tattered hides. This symbolized the new vegetation in which the earth clothes itself. > To honor the fire ...

In this 2018 photo provided by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History, INAH, a skull-like stone carving and a stone trunk depicting the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god ...

Mexican experts have found the first temple of the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse, authorities said Wednesday. Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology ...