[Aztlan] Fwd: Re: Hard evidence of Maya human sacrifice

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Tue Dec 12 15:23:10 CST 2006


--- N Arnold <nwarnold99 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I think the real question needs to not focus on “did the Maya
> practice sacrifice”; instead it should focus on the gory
> glamorization of human sacrifice, or the dry sanitization of it.

I think your post sums it all up very well. I'd like to add that Justin
Kerr corrected me offlist, "Linda was referring Lady Xoc on Yaxchilan
Lintel 24 who is drawing a rope studded with thorns through her tongue."

Linda did talk about penis piercing and cutting, hence the title, "The 
Blood of Kings."


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