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| Yorick's Skull (Painting by Eugene Delacroix) |
When 650-plus Aztec skulls (of men, women and children) were recently unearthed, many “sick” jokes were therefore made. Some cried, “An
obvious case of skullduggery!” Others
quipped that human sacrifice would make for great reality TV.
Within such dross lies philosophical gold. Ralph Barber
comments: Amazing how we as men could
gaze upon these remains so
unaffectedly, knowing that someday we, too, will
be empty skulls.
Alas, poor Aztecs! If
skulls are all that’s left, then why bother? Yet maybe, just maybe, there really are “more things in heaven and earth” than we can possibly imagine.
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Resources
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/02/tower-hundreds-aztec-skulls-found-mexico-city/
Copyright July 8, 2017 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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