Researchers based the replica on a well-preserved model found in Mexico during the 1990s. The whistle features a skull-shaped body that produces a terrifying sound when blown into. Scientists played ...

An Indian woman is blinded in one eye after the whistle attached to a pressure cooker shot off the cooking device and lodged into her skull. The horrific accident happened as Munda Birsi, 57, was ...

For those who want to celebrate Halloween like it’s 1399: Scientists are sending shivers down the internet’s collective spine by recreating an ancient “Aztec Death Whistle” that’s said to emit the ...

During ritual ceremonies, the ancient Aztec civilization used a “death whistle” — a haunting instrument shaped like a human skull. Its eerie, high-pitched scream is not just a product of its unique ...

The whistle, used by the Aztecs during human sacrifice rituals, was recreated using 3D printing technology. Researchers based the replica on a well-preserved model found in Mexico during the 1990s.