Scientists Decode the Haunting Screams of Ancient Aztec Whistles
The Aztec death whistle's scream-like sound evokes fear and symbolizes mythological deities, linking modern and ancient ...
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Centuries-old Aztec texts detail history of their capital, conquests and fall to the Spanish
The Mexican government recently bought three illustrated codices, known as the Codices of San Andrés Tetepilco, from a private family that had passed down the Aztec documents for generations, the ...
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The chilling sound of the Aztec death whistle
The Aztec skull whistle produces a shrill, screaming sound. A study shows that these whistles have a disturbing effect on the human brain. The Aztecs may have deliberately used this effect in ...
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Unburying the Aztec
In the Aztec writing system, 10-Rabbit is 1502—the year, according to the codices surviving from the era, that the empire's most feared ruler, Ahuitzotl (pronounced ah-WEE-tzohtl), was laid to ...
The Aztec Death Whistle Has a Disturbing Effect on the Brain
Many ancient cultures used musical instruments in ritual ceremonies. Ancient Aztec communities from the pre-Columbian period ...
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The Florentine Codex Describes Early Aztec Life and Is Now Accessible Online
The text, the Florentine Codex, is a visual and written encyclopedia of the history of the Aztec people in Mexico, pre- and ...
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Mexico asking the Vatican for codices from Aztec times for the 500th anniversary of Spanish conquest
It is one of the best-preserved examples of pre-conquest Aztec-style writing that exists, after Catholic authorities in colonial-era Mexico dismissed such codices as the work of the devil and ...
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Aztec Death Whistle: Chilling Sound
Many ancient cultures used musical instruments in ritual ceremonies. Ancient Aztec communities from the pre-Columbian period ...