Why Aztec “death whistles” sound like human screams
Archaeologists unearthed the first Aztec death whistles, also known as ehecachichtlis, in 1999 while excavating the ...
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Aztec 'death whistles,' used to prepare sacrifice victims to descend to the underworld, scramble your brain, scans reveal
Brain scans of modern listeners suggest that Aztec whistles sound like human screams, which may have prepared sacrifice ...
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Spine-chilling screams of sacrifice rituals linked to Aztec ‘death whistle’ sound
The researchers recorded the sound of original and replica Aztec death whistles. Human listeners found these sounds ...
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Mass child sacrifices in 15th-century Mexico were a desperate attempt to appease rain god and end devastating drought
The sacrifice of at least 42 children in Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was an effort to calm the anger of the Aztec rain god ...
Mexico went through extreme drought. The Aztecs sacrificed 42 children to Tlaloc, the god of rain
The remains, mostly boys aged between two and seven years old, were placed inside a box of ashlars in a careful arrangement.
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Tenochtitlan - Island City of the Aztecs
The first natives you encounter are the friendly Totonac, but Aztec runners have already ... Moctezuma agreed to halt human sacrifices, and many Christian crosses were erected.