the General History of the Things of New Spain, compiled by Brother Bernardino de Sahagún in the 16th century, was a complete survey of Aztec culture. The sixth book focused on pregnancy and ...

Highly recommended.' C. C. Kolb, Choice Susan Kellogg is Professor Emerita at the University of Houston. An expert on Aztec history and culture, she is the author of Law and the Transformation of ...

Archaeologists unearthed the first Aztec death whistles, also known as ehecachichtlis, in 1999 while excavating the ...

New research reveals that the sounds from the mysterious Aztec death whistle has an "aversive" and "scary" impact on the ...

The Aztecs may have deliberately used this effect in sacrificial rituals. Many ancient cultures used musical instruments in ritual ceremonies. Ancient Aztec communities from the pre-Columbian ...

In digging up ancient Aztec graves dating from the years 1250 to 1521 AD, archaeologists have found many examples of small whistles made of clay and formed into the shape of a skull. These ...

Their culture and language are still with us ... Speaking of politics, the political history of the Aztec Empire is riveting and thoroughly, surprisingly, modern: The power struggles, the built ...