A new discovery at the pyramids of Teotihuacan in Mexico is revealing a pre-Hispanic past that was probably less egalitarian and less peace-loving than some scholars believed. Recent archaeological digs have turned up the first evidence of a ruling elite and provided more evidence of mass human sacrifices at Teotihuacan, a vast complex of pyramids outside Mexico City that was a thriving metropolis of 150,000 at the time of Jesus.
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