All this death and torture reminds me of a show i watched just yesterday about the Aztecs and how they were in a state of perpetual war because they needed bodies to sacrafice to the sun god and wow were they ever gruesome.The Spanish at the time reported the Aztecs sacraficed 80000 people in a 4 day period but historians believe that the actual number was more like 20 000 but still thats a lot of people.During periods of combat the Aztec warriors were encouraged to not kill the enemy just bring them back alive for future sacrafices and warriors who brought back the most live bodies were greatly rewarded and respected.To subdue the prisoner just before the execution they were drugged then brought up the temple laid across the stone alter/table then the priest would slit him open and rip out his heart and raise it to the gods.The Aztecs btw had the most accurate calander of all time but it suddenly stops at 2012 many historians believe that the Aztecs predicted the end of the world would come 2012 hence the end of the calander.