Aztec Human Sacrifice

Historically, there is no aspect of the Aztec culture that shocks us more than human sacrifice. As hard as it is for us to imagine it, imagine how the first conquistadors felt when they witnessed it for the first time. It left them completely horrified, and then some of their own men met the same fate. To their horror, they would discover their fellow Spaniards grinning heads displayed on a tzompantli (a horizontal pole).