Abembi bezinto zakudala bafumanisa inqaba yabantu abangaphezu kwe-100 yookhakhayi abangcwatyelwe phantsi kumbindi weSixeko saseMexico.

Isakhiwo, esibizwa ngokuba yi-Huei Tzompantli, safunyanwa ekuqaleni yi-National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) eMexico ngo-2015. Kodwa emva kokubuyela kwisiza ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, eli qela lafumanisa inqaba yeengqakamba ezili-119, ezazifihliwe ngaphambili, CNN ixelwe UMvulo.

Inqaba ikholelwa ukuba ibiyinxalenye yesakhelo sokhakhayi, enye yeengqokelela ezisixhenxe ezazimi kwikomkhulu elidala laseAztec iTenochtitlan. Yayenzelwe ukuhlonipha uHuitzilopochtli, uthixo welanga, wemfazwe, kunye nokubingelela ngabantu.

I-INAH ngoku inike ingxelo ngamakhakhayi angama-484 afunyenwe kule ndawo, aphakathi kuka-1486 no-1502. Kukholelwa ukuba itempile yatshatyalaliswa xa amajoni ahlasela i-Aztec Empire kwaye uHernan Cortes wabamba iTenochtitlan ngo-1521.

Iinqaba zazingenakwakhiwa nje kuphela ukuhlonipha i-Huitzilopochtli kodwa njengesibhengezo semfazwe namandla okulwa neentshaba ezikhethe ukuhlasela. Okona kuncinci, iinqaba zokhakhayi zenze impembelelo enamandla kubanqobi, abaninzi abaninzi njengoHernán Cortés noBernal Díaz del Castillo bebhala ngabo kwiingxelo zabo zokuhlasela.

Uninzi lwamakhakhayi afakwe kwiinqaba zetempile kunokwenzeka ukuba afunyanwa ngamadini. Ukhakhayi lolwamadoda, amakhosikazi kunye nabantwana abathathu ubuncinci.

Asinakucacisa ukuba bangaphi kwaba bantu babengamagorha, mhlawumbi abanye babengabathinjwa ababemiselwe imibhiyozo yokubingelela, utshilo u-Archaeologist uBarrera Rodríguez ingxelo . Siyazi ukuba bonke babenzelwa ukuba bangcwele, Oko kukuthi, baguqulwa baba zizipho zoothixo okanye nkqu ukwenziwa isimntwiso koothixo ngokwabo, njengoko babenxibe kwaye bephathwa njalo.

Iindawo ezininzi zezinto zakudala ezijikeleze iSixeko saseMexico zavalwa ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, ngenxa yecoronavirus. Iitempile ezidumileyo ezikufuphi zeTeotihuacan iphinde yavulwa kuluntu ngo-Okthobha.

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