Ancient CivilizationsSacrificial burial deepens mystery at Teotihuacan, but confirms the city’s militarism Posted on April 5, 2021 by Administrator A spectacular new discovery from an ongoing excavation at the Teotihuacan’s Pyramid of the Moon is revealing a grisly sacrificial burial from a period when the ancient metropolis was at its peak, with artwork unlike any seen before in Mesoamerica.