A turquoise-encrusted wooden mask from the Aztec civilization Where it is from: Somewhere in Mesoamerica When it was made: ...

In 1177BC, Amurapi, the last king of Ugarit in modern-day Syria, wrote in cuneiform on baked clay to the Hittite emperor ...

The mysterious Aztec "death whistles" have fascinated researchers with their eerie, terrifying effect they have on the ...

New research reveals that the sounds from the mysterious Aztec death whistle has an "aversive" and "scary" impact on the ...

The researchers recorded the sound of original and replica Aztec death whistles. Human listeners found these sounds ...

Archaeologists unearthed the first Aztec death whistles, also known as ehecachichtlis, in 1999 while excavating the ...

A turquoise-encrusted mask of Xiuhtecuhtli, Aztec fire god, symbolises renewal and is showcased at the British Museum.

The Aztec skull whistle produces a shrill, screaming sound. A study shows that these whistles have a disturbing effect on the human brain. The Aztecs may have deliberately used this effect in ...

The first great state in Mesoamerica was ruled by the Aztecs in the early 1500s. Where did the Aztecs build a rich and powerful empire? Almost 200 years ago, it led to the formation of a powerful ...

Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec Empire, was founded in 1325. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Images: Public domain and Txllxt TxllxT via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 As early as ...

The placement of every excavated object appeared to be governed by an exquisite logic, re-creating the Aztec Empire's entire cosmology. It was at the very bottom of the second offering box that ...