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, carved ...

Roberto Velazquez, an archaeologist in Mexico, has spent a lifetime recreating the pre-Columbian sounds of so-called "Whistles of Death." The instruments have often been found in the hands of the ...

Ever wondered what true terror sounds like? The Aztec Death Whistle is an ancient instrument designed to send chills down your spine. Discover the story behind its eerie screech and why it was used to ...

A replica of a whistle in the shape of a skull, called the whistle of death, created by Roberto Velazquez an expert in pre-Columbian sounds expert, in Mexico City, Friday, May 9, 2008.

MEXICO CITY – Scientists were fascinated by the ghostly find: a human skeleton buried in an Aztec temple with a clay, skull-shaped whistle in each bony hand. But no one blew into the noisemakers ...

Listen to the terrifying sound of the Aztec DEATH WHISTLE: 'Screaming' from carved skull may have accompanied human sacrifices. ... 66, an engineer who lives in Mexico, ...

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, carved ...

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, carved ...

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, carved ...

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, carved ...

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, carved ...