17 April 2018 - tzompantli

What is the purpose of little boy Donny’s border wall between the U.S. and Mexico? To remind travelers through Central Americal to prefer alternative means of transportation. Well, the ancient cultures of Central America had their own way to display power and recommend alternative means, the tzompantli or skull rack, the largest of which bore tens of thousands of skulls of sacrifices and enemies. Modern society cuts things off on a larger scale, so why not restore the former tradition?