“Death whistles,” or Aztec skull whistles, were short, carved instruments made of two opposing chambers where air could clash ...

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

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 ...

It sounds like a scream from the depths of the underworld. It’s a haunting, ear-piercing shriek that stirs something primal ...

Many ancient cultures used musical instruments in ritual ceremonies. Ancient Aztec communities from the pre-Columbian period ...

Tenochtitlán was the ancient capital of the Aztec empire. Leonardo López Luján, director of INAH’s Templo Mayor Project, recently revisited this discovery. “At first, the Mexica state tried to ...

With a love of human sacrifice, warfare, and towers made out of human skulls, the ancient Aztecs certainly knew how to have fun. Just to add to the excitement, the pre-Columbian empire-builders ...

The sacrifice of at least 42 children in Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was an effort to calm the anger of the Aztec rain god during a devastating drought, researchers have revealed. A mass ...

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SDSU is averaging just 21.8 points a game, which ranks 110th among 134 FBS teams. The Aztecs have left perhaps three wins out there. A kick (there were two fourth-quarter missed field goals ...

For the Aztec community in the Basin of Mexico in the mid-15th century, a two-year drought drove them to seek help from the supernatural — and to sacrifice their children. Between 1980 and 1981 ...