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Aztec Sacrifice Stock Photos

Browse 146 aztec sacrifice photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

An Aztec priest raising the heart of a sacrificed prisoner towards the Sun, engraving from Ancient History of Mexico, Volume II, by Francisco Javier...

An Aztec priest raising heart of prisoner to sun

Aztec Civilization, Sacrifice, Human Heart

aztec sculpture representing human sacrifice to the sun - aztec sacrifice stock illustrations

Aztec sculpture representing human sacrifice to the sun

Sacrifice, Aztec Civilization, Mayan Civilization

War prisoners sacrified to the Sun god. Aztec manuscript, after 1519. Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale de France.

Offerings to the Aztec god of the Sun.

Aztec Civilization, Sacrifice, Pyramid

Vintage illustration of an Aztec priest removing the heart of a victim as a sacrifice to the gods; engraving, 1889.

Aztec Performs Sacrifice

Aztec Civilization, Sacrifice, People

Manuscript, Mexico, 16th century. Diego Duran , The History of the Indies of New Spain . Aztec civilization, human sacrifice. Miniature.

Miniature depictiong human sacrifice, from Mexican manuscript entitled The History of the Indies of New Spain by Diego Duran, 1579

Mayan Civilization, Sacrifice, People

Mexico, 16th century. Aztec civilization. Tenochtitlan, human sacrifice on Templo Mayor. Engraving by Theodore de Bry, 1591.

Tenochtitlan, human sacrifice on Templo Mayor by Theodore de Bry, engraving1591

Sacrifice, Aztec Civilization, People

Aztec temple sacrifice. From the Codex Magliabicciano, Museo de America, Madrid.

Aztec temple sacrifice.

Aztec Civilization, Manuscript, People

Priest offering the heart taken from a living human to the Aztec sun god and god of war, Huitzilopochtli. Print of facsimile from Aztec Codex,...

Priest offering the heart taken from a living human to the Aztec sun god and god of war, Huitzilopochtli.

Aztec Civilization, Sacrifice, People

Small, Aztec period temple pyramid known as Santa Cecilia Acatitlan, The only pyramid of this type to have been fully restored. Although situated...

Small, Aztec period temple pyramid known as Santa Cecilia Acatitlan

Mexico, Architecture, Small

Human sacrifice in honor of Huitzilopochtli , Mexico, engraving from Compendio della storia generale de' viaggi , volume 21, by Jean-Francois de La...

Human sacrifice in honor of Huitzilopochtli

Sacrifice, Aztec Civilization

For human sacrifice, victim was held by priests, his chest opened with a flint knife, and the throbbing heart ripped out and offered to the sun.

Aztec Priest Holding Beating Heart from the Florentine Codex

Aztec Civilization, Sacrifice, People

An Aztec priest performing the sacrificial offering of a living human's heart to the war god Huitzilopochtli. The deity was the national god of the...

An Aztec priest performing the sacrificial offering of a living human's heart to the war god Huitzilopochtli.

Sacrifice, People

Illustration of an Aztec priest holding the heart of a human sacrifice victim; engraving, 1892.

Aztec Human Sacrifice

Aztec Civilization, Sacrifice

Legacy of Terror" - Season One - 2/14/75, Kolchak was led to an ancient Aztec cult trying to resurrect their ancient god by killing physically fit...

THE NIGHT STALKER

Legacy of Terror" - Season One - 2/14/75, Kolchak was led to an ancient Aztec cult trying to resurrect their ancient god by killing physically fit...

THE NIGHT STALKER

Legacy of Terror" - Season One - 2/14/75, Kolchak was led to an ancient Aztec cult trying to resurrect their ancient god by killing physically fit...

THE NIGHT STALKER

Camazotz, Bat-God, pottery with red paint, Zapotec culture, Mexico, 300-900. The cult of Camazotz began around 100 BCE among the Zapotec Indians in...

Pottery. Bat-God: Pottery With Red Paint. Zapotec Culture

The cuauhxicalli eagle dating 1502, which features a circular cavity on his back used for sacrificial offerings, is pictured at the 'Moctezuma Aztec...

The cuauhxicalli eagle dating 1502, whic

Sacrificial knife dating from 1400-152,1 is pictured at the 'Moctezuma Aztec Ruler' exhibition at the British museum in central London, on September...

A sacrificial knife dating from 1400-152

Anthropologists, who work at National Institute of Anthropology and History, examines skulls, which were found during an excavation work, in Mexico...

Aztec Tower of Skulls unearthed by archaeologists in Mexico City

Archaeologist, Mexico, Examining

An anthropologist, who works at National Institute of Anthropology and History, examines skulls, which were found during an excavation work, in...

Aztec Tower of Skulls unearthed by archaeologists in Mexico City

Skulls, which were found during an excavation work, are seen within a cylindrical edifice in Mexico City, Mexico on July 10, 2017. More than 650...

Aztec Tower of Skulls unearthed by archaeologists in Mexico City

An anthropologist, who works at National Institute of Anthropology and History, examines skulls, which were found during an excavation work, in...

Aztec Tower of Skulls unearthed by archaeologists in Mexico City

An anthropologist, who works at National Institute of Anthropology and History, examines skulls, which were found during an excavation work, in...

Aztec Tower of Skulls unearthed by archaeologists in Mexico City

Archaeologist, Examining

Skulls, which were found during an excavation work, are seen in National Institute of Anthropology and History's laboratory in Mexico City, Mexico on...

Aztec Tower of Skulls unearthed by archaeologists in Mexico City

Skulls, which were found during an excavation work, are seen within a cylindrical edifice in Mexico City, Mexico on July 10, 2017. More than 650...

Aztec Tower of Skulls unearthed by archaeologists in Mexico City

An anthropologist, who works at National Institute of Anthropology and History, examines skulls, which were found during an excavation work, in...

Aztec Tower of Skulls unearthed by archaeologists in Mexico City

An anthropologist, who works at National Institute of Anthropology and History, examines skulls, which were found during an excavation work, in...

Aztec Tower of Skulls unearthed by archaeologists in Mexico City

Skulls, which were found during an excavation work, are seen within a cylindrical edifice in Mexico City, Mexico on July 10, 2017. More than 650...

Aztec Tower of Skulls unearthed by archaeologists in Mexico City

Skulls, which were found during an excavation work, are seen within a cylindrical edifice in Mexico City, Mexico on July 10, 2017. More than 650...

Aztec Tower of Skulls unearthed by archaeologists in Mexico City

Skulls, which were found during an excavation work, are seen within a cylindrical edifice in Mexico City, Mexico on July 10, 2017. More than 650...

Aztec Tower of Skulls unearthed by archaeologists in Mexico City

Aztec Civilization

aztec temple with sacrifice. - aztec sacrifice stock illustrations

Aztec Temple with sacrifice.

Xipe Totec Aztec dancers from Los Angeles perform a blessing, tribute, validation and recognition of sacrifice for Cpl. Jose Angel Garibay, who died...

Xipe Totec Aztec dancers from Los Angeles perform a blessing, tribute, validation and recognition of

Santa Ana councilman Jose Solorio, left, puts his hand on the helmet of Cpl. Jose Angel Garibay, who was killed in Iraq, as Sgt. Richard Aralos, of...

Santa Ana councilman Jose Solorio, left, puts his hand on the helmet (and boots) of Cpl. Jose Angel

Sacrificial stone found in Zocalo square in Tenochtitlan. Aztec civilisation, 15th century. Mexico City, Museo Nacional De Antropología

Sacrificial stone found in Zocalo square

Prehispanic america, high culture regions, mexico, mesoamerica: art objects, religion: Aztec sacrificial knife wodden handle / obsidian blade) about...

prehispanic america, high culture regions, mexico, mesoamerica: art objects, religion: Aztec sacrificial knife (human sacrifice) wodden handle / obsidian blade) about 1500

Aztec Civilization, Sacrifice, Obsidian

Prehispanic america, high culture regions, mexico, mesoamerica: art objects, religion: Codex Borgia pictorial manuscript of eraly 16th cent.. Plate...

prehispanic america, high culture regions, mexico, mesoamerica: art objects, religion: Codex Borgia (Aztec/Mixtec, Puabla/Cholula region) pictorial manuscript (augural calendar 'Tonalamatl) of eraly 16th cent.. Plate 71 (partial view The solar god '

Prehispanic america, high culture regions, mexico, mesoamerica: art objects, religion: Codex Borgia pictorial manuscript of eraly 16th cent.. Plate...

prehispanic america, high culture regions, mexico, mesoamerica: art objects, religion: Codex Borgia (Aztec/Mixtec, Puabla/Cholula region) pictorial manuscript (augural calendar 'Tonalamatl) of eraly 16th cent.. Plate 71 The solar god 'Tonatiuh' recei

Manuscript, Blood

"Sacrifice of Aztec Gladiators, Lithograph by Gerolamo Fumagalli "

Sacrifice of Aztec Gladiators, Lithograph by Gerolamo Fumagalli

Aztec priest performing the sacrificial offering of a living human's heart to the war god Huitzilopochtli. Codex Magliabecchi 16th century, Aztec.

Aztec priest performing the sacrificial offering of a living human's heart.

Aztec Civilization, People

An illustration of an Aztec priest offering the beating human heart of a sacrifice victim to the war god Huitzilopochtli. From the Codex...

Detail of an Illustration of an Aztec Sacrifice from the Codex Magliabecchi

Aztec sacrificial stone, City of Mexico.

Aztec sacrificial stone.

Aztec Civilization, Sacrifice

Line drawing of the scenes that run around the edges of the Stone of Tizoc. The Stone of Tizoc a large, round, carved Aztec stone thought to have...

The Stone of Tizoc.

Circa 1500, Aztec priests cut the heart out a of a live human sacrifice in a sun worshipping ceremony.

Human Sacrifice

Aztec Civilization, Priest, Religion

More than 50;000 people crowd into the grounds of Virgin of Guadalupe Shrine in Mexico City for incredible festival that's a cross between Catholic...

More than 50;000 people crowd into the grounds of Virgin of Guadalupe Shrine in Mexico City for incr

Sacrificial knife, Aztec/Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century. The handle is carved in wood and covered with mosaic of turquoise, shell and malachite....

Sacrificial knife, Aztec/Mixtec, Mexico, 15th-16th century.

Aztec Civilization, People

Eagle-Cuauhxicalli for sacrificial offerings, andesite statue, length 139 cm. Aztec civilisation, 14th-16th century. Mexico City, Museo Del Templo...

Eagle-Cuauhxicalli for sacrificial offerings

Aztec Civilization

Stone seat with polychrome reliefs depicting a Zacatapalloli, bale of hay with cactus spines used for autosacrifice, House of the Eagles, Templo...

Stone seat with polychrome reliefs

Aztec Civilization, Indoors

vintage mexican human sacrifice engraving – antique aztec codex sacrifice illustration - aztec sacrifice stock illustrations

Vintage Mexican Human Sacrifice Engraving – Antique Aztec Codex Sacrifice Illustration

ancient aztec/mexica marriage ceremony where the bride and groom are seated on a woven mat, traditionally tied together by the corners of their cloaks or capes to symbolize their union - aztec sacrifice stock illustrations

Ancient Aztec/Mexica marriage ceremony where the bride and groom are seated on a woven mat, traditionally tied together by the corners of their cloaks or capes to symbolize their union

Aztec sacrifice. 19th-century engraving based on an Aztec codex. "America. History of its discovery from primitive times to the modern era", written...

Scene of an Aztec sacrifice.

Map of Tenochtitlan, Mexico, with Gulf Coast at left, 1524. Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes conquered the Aztec empire in 1519-1521. In the...

Map Of Tenochtitlan

aztec priest performing a human sacrifice to the sun - 15th century - aztec sacrifice stock illustrations

Aztec Priest Performing a Human Sacrifice to the Sun - 15th Century

Engraved Image, Aztec Civilization, Indigenous Peoples of Mexico

Caretaker of an axolotl at Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City, Mexico, oversees fish tanks on World Environment Day. The axolotl , also known as the...

World Environment Day 2025

View of axolotls in an axolotl tank at Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City, Mexico, on World Environment Day. The axolotl , also known as the Mexican...

World Environment Day 2025

The axolotl , also known as the Mexican salamander, is a species of caudate amphibian in the Ambystomatidae family, related to the tiger salamander....

World Environment Day 2025

The axolotl , also known as the Mexican salamander, is a species of caudate amphibian in the Ambystomatidae family, related to the tiger salamander....

World Environment Day 2025

Caretaker of an axolotl at Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City, Mexico, oversees feeding axolotls during World Environment Day. The axolotl , also known...

World Environment Day 2025

The axolotl , also known as the Mexican salamander, is a species of caudate amphibian in the Ambystomatidae family, related to the tiger salamander....

World Environment Day 2025

View of axolotls in an axolotl tank at Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City, Mexico, on World Environment Day. The axolotl , also known as the Mexican...

World Environment Day 2025