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 ...

Psychoacoustic and Archeoacoustic nature of ancient Aztec skull whistles. Communications Psychology , 2024; 2 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s44271-024-00157-7 Cite This Page : ...

Archaeologists have discovered numerous ceramic or clay whistles at Aztec sites, dubbed "death whistles" because of their distinctive skull shapes. A new paper published in the journal ...

This isn’t the plot of some horror movie, researchers say it’s actually ancient history! Their new study is revealing the shocking secrets of the Aztec death whistle. A team from the University of ...

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 ...

The Aztecs created the small 1.2 to 2-inch-long (3 to 5 centimeters) skull-shaped whistles out of clay, possibly to represent Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec lord of the underworld. The skull whistles ...

“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 ...

Aztec culture remains uniquely fascinating in part due to its various religious practices that tend toward the macabre, including human sacrifice and temples decorated with human skulls. But one of ...