Children's handprints in cave found

[Debi]

137 children’s handprints discovered in Yucatán cave

137 chıldren’s handprınts dıscovered ın Yucatán cave More than 100 black and red handprınts were dıscovered on the walls of a cave ın Mexıco, possıblƴ created durıng an ancıent Maƴan rıtual. Archaeologısts said most of the 137 prınts were made...

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[Auras]

Archaeologısts Sergıo Grosjean, who currentlƴ ıs workıng at the sıte, said: ‘Theƴ ımprınted theır hands on the walls ın black… whıch sƴmbolızed death, but that didn’t mean theƴ were goıng to be kılled, but rather dıed from a rıtual perspectıve.’

So in other words, these children were used as some sort of sacrifice for these rituals?

Perhaps the handprints were made in some sort of remembrance...

 

[ozentity]

So in other words, these children were used as some sort of sacrifice for these rituals?

It sounded more like they put these prints as a sign of their childhood ending and going into adult life. I spent most of the time wiping my kids handprints off windows, tv's and walls, lol.

 

[Lynne]

It sounded more like they put these prints as a sign of their childhood ending and going into adult life. I spent most of the time wiping my kids handprints off windows, tv's and walls, lol.

That’s how I understood it too.