Monday, July 2, 2007


This is an image that appears in the hallway where people are escorted to the top of the temple to be sacrificed. There are rows of carved spiders as well, representative of the way the Moche carried out the sacrifice. The victim was drained of all blood and the blood was given to the ruler, who would consume it in front of the people gathered in the courtyard .Then the victim was dismembered and thrown in a room with other previous sacrifices. Needless to say, it was a little creepy t think about all this stuff while standing the very room where these things took place. I won't even go in to the details of torture....

1 comment:

Wendybirdy said...

Interesting, in a very gruesome sort of way.