Am 07.12.2018 um 22:30 schrieb dick balaska:
> On 12/7/18 3:58 PM, Alain wrote:
>> Le 18-12-06 à 18:46, MichaelJF a écrit :
>>> Am 05.12.2018 um 16:46 schrieb dick balaska:
>>>> On 12/2/18 4:14 PM, MichaelJF wrote:
>>>>> Even if no one takes notice, here is the final image within this
>>>>> series.
>>>>
>>>> Your sacrificial virgin is walking the wrong way.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> As all I learned about the Mayas so far, they sacrificed their
>>> enemies. May be Tikal vs. Calakmul. They raided each other and
>>> sacrificed the captured soldiers and rulers but I never learned about
>>> the sacrifice of virgins. The Mayas were cruel people for sure, but
>>> please give proof to your statement.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Michael
>>
>> It seems that they also sacrificed volunteers. It looks like it could be
>> an honour to give one's life to the gods, in the most literal sense you
>> can think of.
> 
> How about boys.
>
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-sacrifice/ancient-maya-sacrificed-boys-not-virgin-girls-study-idUSWRI32680820080123
> 
> "Archeologist Guillermo de Anda from the University of Yucatan pieced
> together the bones of 127 bodies discovered at the bottom of one of
> Chichen Itza’s sacred caves and found over 80 percent were likely boys
> between the ages of 3 and 11."
> 
Hello Dick,
thanks a lot for this post. I was aware that the Maya were cruel to 
their enemies from a lot of TV-Documentations That they sacrificed 
children is a new intelligence to me. One ever learns...

Best regards
Michael

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