Their new study is revealing the shocking secrets of the Aztec death whistle. A team from the University of Zurich examined these skull-shaped artifacts, uncovering how the Aztecs may have used ...

Once the Aztecs fell, Tenochtitlan was demolished and Mexico City was built. An Aztec death whistle is a skull-shaped whistle ...

The skull will pictorially replay all events or images of the people who have come ... particularly among the Aztec, so the connection between these artifacts and these civilizations is apt.

It is believed to be part of a skull rack from the temple to the Aztec god of the sun, war and human sacrifice. Known as the Huey Tzompantli, the skull rack stood on the corner of the chapel of ...

Pre-Aztec 'Flayed god' temple uncovered in Mexico Aztec human skull tower uncovered Timeline: History of Mexico Discovered off the steps of the Aztec's holiest temple, the sacrificial offerings ...

“Death whistles,” or Aztec skull whistles, were short, carved instruments made of two opposing chambers where air could clash and create a “screeching sound,” according to a Nov. 19 news ...