{"id":700,"date":"2012-08-15T12:42:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T10:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/?p=700"},"modified":"2012-08-15T12:42:12","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T10:42:12","slug":"tribal-aztec-tattoos-honor-ancient-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/tribal-aztec-tattoos-honor-ancient-warriors\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribal Aztec Tattoos honor Ancient Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Aztecs were a race of Mesoamerican people who were especially powerful in the 14th to 16th centuries. The area now known as Mexico city was at the heart of the Aztec empire and many ruins and monuments still remain within the city, marking the art and culture of the war-like Aztec peoples.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Aztecs were a very proud race. Warriors who were captured in battle would often submit to their captors and willingly allow themselves to become blood sacrifices. These sacrificial events drew large crowds of people who would watch as the captured warriors were led to the top of the Aztec pyramid temples by priests. At the peak of the pyramid a short ceremony would take place, in which the warrior was bent backwards over a stone. Priests would stretch his body taut as another priests sliced open the warrior’s belly and reached inside him, removing the still-beating heart and holding it up for the crowd to see. The body of the warrior would then be tumbled in a bloody mess down the steps of the pyramid. This method of sacrifice could be performed incredibly fast, meaning that with several priests working together, a few thousand sacrifices could be made in a single day.<\/p>\nThe History of Tribal Aztec Tattoos<\/h1>\n