The Aztec Death Whistle is one of the strangest and most unsettling artifacts ever discovered. Often shaped like a human skull, this ancient instrument produces a piercing, scream-like sound that many ...

The Aztec skull whistle produces a shrill, screaming sound. A study shows that these whistles have a disturbing effect on the human brain. The Aztecs may have deliberately used this effect in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Creepy Aztec death whistle Ranging from a threatening hiss to a blood-curdling scream, the sound of the Aztec death whistle is as ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. 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 ...

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Archaeologists have discovered numerous ceramic or clay whistles at Aztec sites, dubbed “death whistles” because of their distinctive skull shapes. A new paper published in the journal Communications ...

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 ...