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

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Brain scans of modern listeners suggest that Aztec whistles sound like human screams, which may have prepared sacrifice ...

The skulls that were found were procured online and the investigation is over, the Lea County Sheriff’s Office said.