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 ...

"Skull whistles might have been used to scare the human sacrifice or the ceremonial audience, but further cross-documentation is needed here." Aztec Death Whistles, recreations of which are ...

Aztec communities may therefore have used the scary sounds in specific ritual contexts, such as ceremonies involving death. "Skull whistles might have been used to scare the human sacrifice or the ...

Killgrove holds postgraduate degrees in anthropology and classical archaeology and was formerly a university professor and researcher. Ritual Aztec whistles produced a brain-scrambling"scream," ...

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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. Ritual Aztec whistles produced ...

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like human sacrifice. Yet another hypothesis proposes that the whistles were intended as symbols of a deity. The skull shape, for instance, might allude to the Aztec god of the underworld ...

Based on these observations, researchers say the skull whistles were likely used to scare the human sacrifice or the ceremonial audience. “Aztec communities might have capitalised on the scary ...

During ritual ceremonies, the ancient Aztec civilization used a “death whistle” — a haunting instrument shaped like a human skull. Its eerie, high-pitched scream is not just a product of its ...

Aztec “skull whistles” found in ancient gravesites were designed to produce shrieking sounds and instil “otherworldly” fear even in modern people, scientists say. Archaeologists have ...