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 ...

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 ...

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 ...