So how did the Aztecs torture & kill their enemies? So Aztec weaponry was not necessarily designed to be proficient in quickly killing their enemies—rather they were intended to maim their enemies so they could be drug back & used as sacrificial victims. Recent forensic archaeological evidence shows that at-least 550 Spaniard related people were captured, imprisoned, tortured, butchered, boiled, scalped & dismembered over the course of roughly 6 months. And all of this was in retaliation to the

The macuahuitl was the iconic weapon of the Aztec warriors. At first glance, it looked like a wooden sword. But along its edges, sharp obsidian blades were set into grooves, creating one of the deadliest cutting edges in the ancient world. Obsidian, volcanic glass, could be sharper than steel — sharp enough, Spanish soldiers said, to decapitate a man or even a horse in a single blow. Unlike European swords, the macuahuitl was not made for stabbing, but for slashing and disabling enemies. In Azte