The pictures makes the sacrifice look very important as the man is holding the heart up high to the sun. In text #2, The Darker Link, priests and rulers used human sacrifices as a way to show that the person in charge is powerful and able to keep everyone else in check. In the text, it states, “ritual killings helped humans transition from the small egalitarian groups of our ancestors and the large, stratified societies”. This quote means that without the human sacrifices, we wouldn’t be where we are today. The “transition” means changing from one state or condition to another. In conclusion, these cultures/people all have different motives to perform human sacrifices. The texts explain the reasons behind it all which is stated. In “Aztec Sacrifices” and “Human Sacrifices”, human sacrifice was viewed as a repayment for the sacrifices the sacrifices the gods had themselves made in creating the world and sun. In “The Darker Link”, human sacrifice was for power and keep people in