Brain scans of modern listeners suggest that Aztec whistles sound like human screams, which may have prepared sacrifice ...

“Death whistles,” or Aztec skull whistles, were short, carved instruments made of two opposing chambers where air could clash ...

Deep within Mexico’s archaeological treasures lies a haunting instrument whose true psychological impact is only now being ...

The Aztec death whistle is a mesoamerican instrument designed to imitate a human scream, and was often used during battle or ...

Swiss and Norwegian neuroscientists have discovered that the ancient Aztec death whistle — often credited with emitting the scariest sound on earth — still terrifies people today due to a ...

The Aztec death whistle's scream-like sound evokes fear and symbolizes mythological deities, linking modern and ancient ...

Aztec death whistles have a unique instrumental construction To understand the physical mechanisms behind the whistle's shrill and screeching sound, a team of researchers at the University of ...

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 ...

Ritual Aztec whistles produced a brain-scrambling "scream," according to a new study. The objects were used during human sacrifices and may have prepared victims for their supposed descent to ...