Whistles shaped like skulls were used to create the sound of screams by the Aztecs.

A team of scientists from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, has created 3D reconstructions of several Aztec skull ...

The Aztec Death Whistle. If hell has a sound, I bet it sounds a lot like the Aztec Death Whistle. The Aztec Death Whistle ...

Due to their penchant for sacrificial rituals, the Aztecs are still considered a not exactly squeamish people. One of their ...

Aztec “skull whistles” found in ancient gravesites were designed to produce shrieking sounds and instil “otherworldly” fear ...

The mysterious Aztec "death whistles" have fascinated researchers with their eerie, terrifying effect they have on the ...

Trump won a decisive presidential victory. Simply put, why? That question will dominate discussion and provoke answers for decades to come. After all, no prior presidential candidate in American ...

The chilling noise is described as the 'scariest sound in the world', and is somewhere between a spooky gust of whistling ...

Participants in an experiment rated the sounds of the skull-shaped whistles as extremely negative, defining them as ...

In the 14th century, power in Europe was largely in the hands of the aristocracy. Surprisingly, one-fifth of the rulers were ...

Numerous examples of Aztec skull whistles have been found in graves dated between 1250 and 1521 CE. Made of clay, these small instruments are typically crafted into the form of a human skull and ...

Scientists found a half-asleep creature with a “window” in its eyelid on a mountain and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Nicolas Spehler via Unsplash Hiking up a mountain in ...