The Aztecs were an interesting civilisation with a unique religion and some pretty weird artefacts. Let's take a look at the Aztecs and one of their more unique artefacts.
'Why are violence and the sacred so intertwined? Why is death seen as necessary
to renew life? ... To us the Aztec universe may appear irrational, terrifying,
murderous in its brutality; and yet it is a mirror held up to our humanity which
we ignore at our cost. For in the name of other ideals and other gods Western
culture has been no less addicted to killing, even in our own century.’ Michael
Wood