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Aztec 'death whistles,' used to prepare sacrifice victims to descend to the underworld, scramble your brain, scans reveal
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.
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The Child Sacrifice Behind Clinic Walls
Pete Buttigieg Decides to Spend More Time with His Family In 1519, when Hernán Cortés landed in Mexico he encountered an Aztec civilization dedicated to the practice of human sacrifice on a ...
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Aztec shrieking death whistles struck otherworldly fear, scientists find
Based on these observations, researchers say the skull whistles were likely used to scare the human sacrifice or the ceremonial audience. “Aztec communities might have capitalised on the scary ...