Ancient Aztec death whistle still terrifies people today, study finds — and you can listen if you’re brave enough
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This Aztec Death Whistle Will Chill You to the Bone—and Mess With Your Mind
We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? The Aztec death whistle is a mesoamerican instrument designed to imitate a human scream, and was often used during battle or at ...
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The chilling sound of the Aztec death whistle
These ceremonies included visual and sonic iconographic elements of mythological deities of the Aztec underworld, which may also be symbolized in the Aztec death whistle. Their skull-shaped body ...
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‘Death whistles’ signaled doom for Aztec sacrifice victims. Hear the ‘screeching’
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 ...
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This Aztec Death Whistle Will Chill You to the Bone—and Mess With Your Mind
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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Listen to the 'scariest sound in the world': Ancient Aztec Death Whistle that sounds like the 'scream of 1,000 corpses' STILL terrifies people to this day, study reveals
The wail of the Aztec Death Whistle was the last thing many human sacrifices ever heard before they met their untimely end. The chilling noise is described as the 'scariest sound in the world ...