10-17-2011, 09:00 PM
(10-17-2011, 08:43 PM)Azrael Wrote: humans haven't always been so squeamish about forms. Also, I think the focus is on the US because it's there that they are the most asleep.
Of course, some people find the number 13 to be ominous, so we'll perhaps have to see.
Nonetheless they are a symbol of death by rather unpleasant circumstances and have been used by many cultures for discouraging enemies.
Quote:A tzompantli or skull rack is a type of wooden rack or palisade documented in several Mesoamerican civilizations, which was used for the public display of human skulls, typically those of war captives or other sacrificial victims.
I think (Western)Europe is in serious competition with the US about the most asleep rank.