Spanish conquerors described a terrifying tower made of thousands of human skulls, historians thought it was propaganda, then archaeologists found it beneath Mexico City | World News
When Spanish conquistadors entered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1519, they described a sight so horrifying that many later historians believed it had to be exaggerated. According to their accounts, a massive tower and racks built from thousands of human skulls stood near one of the city’s most important temples. For centuries, these descriptions…