Archaeologists have uncovered a significant ancient altar in Tikal National Park, Guatemala, believed to have been used for human sacrifices, particularly of children, during the late 4th century CE.
This altar, attributed to the Teotihuacan culture from central Mexico, was found within a residential complex in the heart of the ancient Mayan city of Tikal, a major center of Mayan civilization.
It took experts a year and a half to uncover and analyse the altar before making the announcement, with the site being described as part of an abandoned “city of the gods”.Archaeologist Lorena Paiz, who led the discovery, said the altar was believed to have been used for sacrifices, “especially of children”.”The remains of three children not older than four years were found on three sides of the altar,” Paiz revealed.The altar was found within a Teotihuacan residential complex which typically feature houses with rooms and central altars, according to Paiz.
And while the discovery might add an interesting new dimension to the historical accounts of the region, an academic’s attempt to paint the sacrifice of children as “not violent” and the unquestioning recitation of the explanation for it by mainstream media stirred a great deal of controversy.
And while CBS took the brunt of the criticism from social media, the line was parroted in other outlets. For example, here is the exact quote from the Associated Press.
María Belén Méndez, an archaeologist who was not involved with the project, said the discovery confirms “that there has been an interconnection between both cultures and what their relationships with their gods and celestial bodies was like.”“We see how the issue of sacrifice exists in both cultures. It was a practice; it’s not that they were violent, it was their way of connecting with the celestial bodies,” she said.
The detached analysis hit a nerve, and the statement was slammed by many on social media. Mario Nawfal, entrepreneur and host of “The Roundtable Show” on X.com, derided it as a leftist attempt to defend the slaughter as “spiritual”.
Archaeologist María Belén Méndez claims this wasn’t violence at all—just a “connection with celestial bodies.”This is the modern progressive mindset: romanticize ritual child murder, rewrite barbarism as cultural nuance, and call depravity “divine.”These are the same people lecturing you about morality, history, and who should run society.If you ever needed proof the far-left has completely lost its moral compass—this is it.
It’s a good time for a reminder that the Conquistadors, whose history has been rewritten to make them villains, had a great deal of help from neighboring tribes and peoples who were forced to contribute victims on a regular basis to these celestial abattoirs.
For example, the Tlaxcalans were the most important indigenous allies of Cortés. They were long-standing enemies of the Aztecs, having suffered from years of warfare and Aztec demands for tribute and human sacrifices. After initial battles with the Spanish, the Tlaxcalans decided to ally with Cortés, providing him with thousands of warriors, supplies, and strategic support. Their alliance was pivotal in the siege and eventual fall of Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital.
Returning to the Mayans, it turns out that there is no consensus on how many of its people they “non-violently” sacrificed. Archaeological studies at sites like Chichén Itzá have uncovered dozens to hundreds of sacrificial victims, often children, but these numbers represent accumulations over centuries.
Meanwhile, this Holy Week, this is what the children of Guatemala are doing now.
One last note, as it is related:
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