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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

Science June 30, 2026

When Spanish conquistadors entered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1519, they described a sight so horrifying that many later…