Human sacrifice, Mexico, Pre-Colombian period, (19th century). Artist: Pierre Fritel

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Human sacrifice, Mexico, Pre-Colombian period, (19th century). A priest holds up the still-beating heart of a victim in a 19th-century representation of practices carried out by the Aztecs before the Spanish Conquest of the Americas.

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Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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