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

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 ...

It is believed to be part of a skull rack from the ... about human sacrifice in the Aztec Empire. "Although we can't say how many of these individuals were warriors, perhaps some were captives ...

Aztec “skull whistles” found in ancient gravesites were designed to produce shrieking sounds and instil “otherworldly” fear even in modern people, scientists say. Archaeologists have ...

Hearing the whistle's sound activated the low-order auditory cortical regions of the volunteer's brains – regions which tune ...

ANCIENT Aztec ‘death whistles’ have a strange ‘uncanny valley’-style effect on the human brain, new research has found. These ...