Secrets of the Dead  Aztec Massacre

400 skeletons are found in Zultapec. Who were the victims and why were they killed? Details

 
 

Program: Secrets of the Dead

Episode: Aztec Massacre

Archaeologists make a grisly find: Four hundred skeletons buried in a mass grave. The bodies have lain undisturbed for 500 years, since the time of the Spanish conquest. But this is no ordinary gravesite. The remains suggest these people met a gruesome end at the hands of the Aztecs, who ruled Mesoamerica in the 14th through 16th centuries. But who were the victims and why were they killed?

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Duration: (52:21)
Premiere Date: 04/22/2008
Episode Expires: 12/31/1969
TV Rating: NR


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