This discovery marked the beginning of a widespread fascination with the so-called “Aztec death whistle.” In the years since, many have attempted to create knockoff copies of this enigmatic ...

National Museum of Art, Mexico City. Following the fall of Tenochtitlan, an Aztec poet composed a searing account of the capture of the capital city. Written in the Nahuatl language, using the ...

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 ...