Quetzalcoatl's mural that was part of The Temple of Quetzalcoatl. It is now located in the Museo Nacional de Antropología Mexicana in Mexico City.
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Teotihuacan and the Aztecs were very similar Mesoamerican civilizations. Years after the mysterious fall of Teotihuacan, the Aztecs came and started one of the greatest civilizations ever. Both, Teotihuacan’s and Aztec’s religion and culture involved the sacrifice of people to the gods in order to honor them. The Aztecs did sacrifice people approximately one time a month in order to tribute Tláloc. The Teotihuacan civilization sacrificed humans only to honor Quetzalcoatl by extracting human hearts and leaving them in the Temple of Quetzalcoatl at the end of the Street of the Death in Teotihuacan. Although Teotihuacan also made sacrifices to Tláloc, their most important god was Quetzalcoatl. There is a myth that Quetzalcoatl actually didn't like human sacrifices as honourability to him. The elements of Teotihuacan sacrifice could be presented in Tláloc's hoya, because as well as the Aztecs, the Teotihuacan civilization made sacrificies to honor Tláloc.
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Tlaloc's Water Vessel
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