The Undying Sacrifice

    Two days ago in class, we talked about the cemeteries located in Varna Necropolis, Bulgaria. I found the topic so interesting that I couldn't wait for next week to write another blog post. While trying to find more information on this topic, I stumbled onto another article which depicts a "Pyramid of Death" located in central Mexico.

"Pyramid of Death"

    It had all started with a community that had left their own town for refuge; there is no knowledge to explain why they had done this. It was thought that they might want to move because of a volcano that had destroyed part of their community but seeing that they re-located into an area where another volcano stood, this reason does not make sense. Their new home was in a location where no knowledge of the previous inhabitants existed. No articles were left behind in the search for previous life but there were different shards of pottery to understand the town that once was.
     I found a video (it is a long video, but completely worth it) that explained more about the forgotten town in Mexico and about the pyramids that had been created. This particular video gave a theoretical account on the life of the individuals who relocated and their journey making the pyramid.
    The part of this story that first caught my attention was the actual "Pyramid of the Moon." In this pyramid,  individuals and animals would be sacrificed. The craziest part of all... they were seen to be buried antemortem. The bodies of the human and non-human individuals were stacked on top of one another in order to speak to the Gods. This was something the individuals hoped would bring them safety. In the video's depiction of building the pyramid, is was thought that  "they're [the individuals] not being forced to with whips, they're building it because it's their responsibility of the state... it's their pyramid, their construction." (around 17:34)

Body of an animal found in the pyramid

     It was later discovered that they had built pyramid upon pyramid; making them bigger and bigger with time. It was thought that they did this because they wanted to build something as big as the gods. The video explained previously goes into further detail on the town's society and the pyramids. I would love to keep writing about this because I could go on for days. I will now leave you with the thought that was on many archaeologists minds, about the location of the pyramid... why? I'm still trying to figure out how they built a pyramid in that day of age.