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.
Hygiene and ritual marked every moment of life for ... grisly procedure that nevertheless “saved the mother from death.” The Aztec believed babies who died during labor traveled to a place ...
"The Aztec didn't impose their religion. They just wanted the products ... The emperor had responded by putting the ruler to death. At Ahuitzotl's funeral, 200 of his slaves were selected ...