In the 1990s, archeologists in Mexico City unearthed a 500-year-old skeleton near an ancient Aztec temple—a victim of human sacrifice. A grisly discovery, ...

Roberto Velazquez believes the Aztecs played this mournful wail from the so-called Whistles of Death before they were sacrificed to the gods. The 66-year-old mechanical engineer has devoted his ...

Brain scans of modern listeners suggest that Aztec whistles sound like human screams, which may have prepared sacrifice victims for their journey to the underworld.

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 ...

Ranging from a threatening hiss to a blood-curdling scream, the sound of the Aztec death whistle is as creepy as the skull-like appearance of the instrument that produces it. Brain scans suggest ...

If death had a sound, this was it. Roberto Velazquez believes the Aztecs played this mournful wail from the instruments known as Whistles of Death before they were sacrificed to the gods.

SCIENTISTS have recreated the terrifying sound of an Aztec death whistle. The whistle, used by the Aztecs during human sacrifice rituals, was recreated using 3D printing technology.

When the Aztecs dominated central Mexico, a blood-curdling sound like a human scream played through a small whistle. Luis Aceves via Unsplash In cultures around the world, instruments have brought ...

The Aztec death whistle, or “silbato de la muerte,” truly lives up to its name. The ancient Aztecs used it as a noisemaker in ceremonies—terrifying ceremonies, we assume.

The Aztec skull whistle produces a shrill, screaming sound. A study conducted at the University of Zurich shows that these whistles have a disturbing effect on the human brain. The Aztecs may have ...

Another theory is that the skull-like shape is an allusion to Mictlantecuhtli , the Aztec god of the underworld, and that the Death Flute may have been used in religious practices or ceremonies.