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Researchers Finally Understand Why The Aztec Death Whistle Is So Scary
The noise may have also represented the Aztec wind god Ehecatl or the god of death ... They have a symbolic nature related to the dead and the underworld. There is still a lot to uncover about ...
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Aztec Death Whistles Have A Terrifying Effect On Listeners’ Brains
Others think the sound was meant to represent Ehecatl, the Aztec God of the Wind, who created humanity from the bones of the dead. To gain a deeper insight into how the whistles might have been ...
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Mexico-Austria dispute over artifacts about more than ‘Moctezuma’s headdress’
A statue of the Aztec god of the dead Mictlantecuhtli stands among other pre-Hispanic artifacts that originated in Mexico at Vienna's Weltmuseum Wien. (Weltmuseum Wien via Courthouse News) Experts, ...