But in the forests of central Mexico, a single note from an Aztec whistle didn’t always indicate celebration — it meant death. “Death whistles,” or Aztec skull whistles, were short ...

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

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

which may also be symbolized in the Aztec death whistle. Their skull-shaped body may represent Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec Lord of the Underworld, and the iconic screaming sound may have prepared ...