But why?
You are probably asking yourself why is it that this culture had a need to sacrifice small children. Well, they had many reasons actually, it wasn’t just for the gods, but for other events as well. It could have been because of gathering good fortune during a war or respecting ceremonious events they had on their yearly calendar.
After natural disasters, famine, and other terrible things that could harm their population, they usually sacrificed human beings to appeal to their gods for help or mercy. Needless to say, it wasn’t the best thing to be a human sacrifice back then, the only perk was at least you got some good food before death.