This article was originally published on Dec. 28, 2020. For many people, the story of the Aztec crystal skulls begins and ends with the least memorable Indiana Jones movie in the storied franchise. To ...

the enormous skull rack – or tzompantli – was first discovered in 2015 before another enormous section was unearthed three years later. The patron of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan ...

“Death whistles,” or Aztec skull whistles, were short ... with the hole of the whistle on what would be the top of the head. A group of researchers, led by Sascha Frühholz, professor of ...

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 ...

The skull rack is likely from a temple honoring Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of sun, war and human sacrifice, and the patron of Tenochtitlán, the BBC reported. The Aztecs created skull-adorned ...

Numerous examples of Aztec skull whistles have been found in graves dated between 1250 and 1521 CE. Made of clay, these small instruments are typically crafted into the form of a human skull and ...

Psychoacoustic and Archeoacoustic nature of ancient Aztec skull whistles. Communications Psychology , 2024; 2 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s44271-024-00157-7 Cite This Page : ...