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Aztec 'death whistles,' used to prepare sacrifice victims to descend to the underworld, scramble your brain, scans revealBrain scans of modern listeners suggest that Aztec whistles sound like human screams, which may have prepared sacrifice ...
The mysterious Aztec "death whistles" have fascinated researchers with their eerie, terrifying effect they have on the ...
Sound has the incredible ability to instill a certain kind of emotion into whoever hears it. The soulful call of a loon feels ...
The Aztec death whistle's scream-like sound evokes fear and symbolizes mythological deities, linking modern and ancient ...
A team of scientists from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, has created 3D reconstructions of several Aztec skull ...
But in the forests of central Mexico, a single note from an Aztec whistle didn’t always indicate celebration — it meant death. “Death whistles,” or Aztec skull whistles, were short ...
which may also be symbolized in the Aztec death whistle. Their skull-shaped body may represent Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec Lord of the Underworld, and the iconic screaming sound may have prepared ...
The Aztec death whistle is a mesoamerican instrument designed to imitate a human scream, and was often used during battle or at sacrificial ceremonies. Researchers from the University of Zurich ...
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