A team of scientists from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, has created 3D reconstructions of several Aztec skull ...

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

Ranging from a threatening hiss to a blood-curdling scream, the sound of the Aztec death whistle is as creepy as the ...

Imagine an object so terrifying that its mere sound could make your blood run cold. Scientists say that's exactly what an ...

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 ...

The Folklife & Ethnological Museum of Macedonia and Thrace is housed in the beautiful Villa Modiano. It studies and presents the traditional culture of Northern Greece over the centuries. It collects, ...

The Aztec death whistle's scream-like sound evokes fear and symbolizes mythological deities, linking modern and ancient ...

Sound has the incredible ability to instill a certain kind of emotion into whoever hears it. The soulful call of a loon feels ...

Visiting Athens is a great excuse to take a drive to Ioannina, the capital of Epirus in Greece. It's the perfect place for a ...

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

The renowned Brooklyn Museum in New York is celebrating its 200th birthday with an exhibition centred on gold - and is even ...

The so-called Aztec “death whistle” is an instrument distinguished by producing a chilling sound, comparable to a person’s ...