[Aztlan] Aztlan Digest - COLUMBIAN TOMB UPDATE

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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:57:04 -0500
From: michael ruggeri <michaelruggeri at mac.com>
Subject: [Aztlan] COLUMBIAN TOMB UPDATE; 1,500 IN TOMB
Message-ID: <824BE317-514B-40C8-B126-8E98AA36BB8C at mac.com> 
> Listeros,
> 
> Reuters London has just posted a follow up on the Columbia Tomb  
> discovery with more information. The 2000 year old tomb contains 1500  
> graves of scarified and sacrificed individuals stacked tightly and in  
> rows. A tomb with this many people used for centuries to bury the  
> dead in the same spot is a rarity in the world. The Muisca culture  
> maintained this grave site which is like a library of 2000 years of  
> pre-Columbian culture. The dead were sacrificed to the Sun God. The  
> oral tradition states that each family had to send one child to live  
> with priests until their sacrifice at age 15.
> 
> Some shell necklaces, stone implements and ceramics have been found  
> in the tomb.
> 
> Reuters has the story here;
> 
> http://rtv.rtrlondon.co.uk/2008-04-23/26e62156.html
> 
> I expect this URL will change as this was a transcription of a live  
> audio report. If it has, check on my Ancient America News site for  
> updated URL's.
> 
> Mike Ruggeri


Hello, Mike,

Speaking as a total novice in this area, was the Musica "oral tradition" that 
each family sacrifice one child to the Sun God akin to that of any other 
concurrent culture that you or another listero is aware of?  and was it also a 
form of unwritten birth control?

Thanks,

Barbara Siek