The death god, Mictlantecutli, is often depicted with a skull-like face in pre-Hispanic artefacts.

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Archaeologists say the man they found appears to have met a violent death: There is evidence of a severe blow to the skull, and an arrowhead was found among the skeleton's vertebrae.

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The charcoal skull is hatched with blade marks, perhaps the cause of death.

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