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These Rare Aztec Manuscripts, Long in Private Hands, Were Just Acquired by Mexico
Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has secured the colorful San Andrés Tetepilco codices. These Aztec documents from the late 16th and early 17th centuries recount ...
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Rare Aztec ritual offerings put on display in Mexico exhibit
Even though the Aztecs were known as fierce warriors before falling to Spanish invaders and their native allies in 1521, only one original Aztec sword ... into high art. "This allows us to begin ...
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The chilling sound of the Aztec death whistle
Death whistles very, very frightening The research team also obtained sound recordings of original Aztec death whistles as well as from handmade replicas. Listeners rated these sounds as extremely ...
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How the Aztec “Death Whistles” Worked, the Terrifying Sound They Used in Sacrifice Rituals, Discovered
Another specimen of Aztec death whistle. Credit: Claudia Orbroki / UZH Researchers at the University of Zurich, led by Professor Sascha Frühholz, used 3D digital reconstructions of original Aztec ...
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Listen to the 'scariest sound in the world': Scientists recreate the noise of the Aztec Death Whistle that may have accompanied human sacrifices
It was back in 1999 that the original Aztec Death Whistle was found held in the hand of a headless skeleton during the excavation of an Aztec temple in Mexico City. 'Archaeologists first thought ...