Clash of Empires is a fictionalized account of Hernan Cortez’s conquest of Mexico, where the Aztecs' cult of human sacrifice ...

Ritual Aztec whistles produced a brain-scrambling "scream," according to a new study. The objects were used during human sacrifices and may have prepared victims for their supposed descent to ...

MEXICO CITY – A trove of Aztec sacrifices, including a richly adorned jaguar dressed as a warrior and recently discovered in downtown Mexico City, could lead archaeologists to the most tantal… ...

Some scholars believe that the death whistles were intended to emulate the sharp winds of Mictlan, the Aztec underworld, where it was believed the souls of the sacrifices descended.

More than 650 skulls and thousands of fragments were found near Templo Mayor, one of the main temples in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, which later became Mexico City. Getty Images ...

Aztec death whistle may have been used to prepare sacrifice victims for journey to the afterlife because of their ominous, scream-like sound ...

“Death whistles,” or Aztec skull whistles, were short, carved instruments made of two opposing chambers where air could clash and create a “ screeching sound,” according to a Nov. 19 news ...

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 ...

A trove of Aztec sacrifices including a richly adorned jaguar dressed as a warrior and recently discovered in downtown Mexico City could lead archaeologists to the most tantalizing find yet: an ...