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

A former Nixon official (and later a novelist), he led an investigation in which a shadowy Watergate figure squirmed when ...

Kenna and Stephanie learn to play an Aztec "death whistle" before battling giant "Red Monsters" discovered by the James Webb ...

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

Archaeologists unearthed the first Aztec death whistles, also known as ehecachichtlis, in 1999 while excavating the Tlatelolco site in Mexico City. They found the body of a sacrificial victim, a ...

New research reveals that the sounds from the mysterious Aztec death whistle has an "aversive" and "scary" impact on the ...

Dating back to around 1250 to 1521 AD, the terrifying sound is known as the Aztec Death Whistle, or Skull Whistle, which is made from an unusual music instrument that was found in grave sites of ...

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 ...

Listen to death whistles from skull-shaped relic that ‘screams from the underworld’ – it has an effect on your BRAIN ANCIENT Aztec 'death whistles' have a strange 'uncanny valley'-style effect on the ...

ANCIENT Aztec 'death whistles' have a strange 'uncanny valley'-style effect on the human brain, new research has found. These clay instruments were often shaped like human skulls, and are known ...