Researchers find Aztec 'death whistles' do weird things to the listeners' brains
Participants in an experiment rated the sounds of the skull-shaped whistles as extremely negative, defining them as ...
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Mass child sacrifices in 15th-century Mexico were a desperate attempt to appease rain god and end devastating drought
The sacrifice of at least 42 children in Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was an effort to calm the anger of the Aztec rain god ...
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Aztec Death Whistles Have A Terrifying Effect On Listeners’ Brains
With a love of human sacrifice, warfare, and towers made out of human skulls, the ancient Aztecs certainly knew how to have ...
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Pre-Aztec 'Flayed god' temple uncovered in Mexico
Worship of the God, who represents fertility and regeneration, is known to have later spread throughout Mesoamerica during Aztec times. The INAH say the 85cm (33in) ceramic effigy of the god was ...