Tales of a tower of skulls that struck fear into the hearts of Spanish conquistadors have been passed down through the generations in Mexico.

Then in 2015 archaeologists discovered skulls buried under a building in Mexico City. What they found shocked them, and led to an excavation that’s lasted over five years – advancing knowledge of the Aztec people in the process.

Video produced and narrated by Howard Timberlake

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