Where do babies come from? The Aztecs’ answer to the classic child’s question was that they came from the 13th heaven—the highest heaven of all. Here, in this store of unborn souls ...

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The Aztecs’ religious practices included human sacrifice – sometimes even the ritual killing of children. They believed that the tears of their dying children would please Tlaloc, their god of ...