Discover the Aztec Death Whistle: a haunting artifact with a scream-like sound, rich in history and psychological intrigue.
The mysterious Aztec "death whistles" have fascinated researchers with their eerie, terrifying effect they have on the ...
Archaeologists unearthed the first Aztec death whistles, also known as ehecachichtlis, in 1999 while excavating the ...
Just as the exhibit's artifacts clarify the everyday lives of those who lived in the Aztec empire, the exhibit's design also reflects the idea that not everyone in Aztec society was an elite. "The ...
Between 1345 and 1521 C.E., the Aztec Empire flourished in what is now central and southern Mexico. The Aztecs were highly advanced in agriculture and trade, largely thanks to an elite group of ...
the patron of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs were a group of Nahuatl-speaking peoples that dominated large parts of central Mexico from the 14th to the 16th centuries. Their empire was ...
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 palace was also used as the home of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés after the fall of the Aztec empire. Excavators have found evidence of the home Cortés had at the palace site.
Just as the exhibit's artifacts clarify the everyday lives of those who lived in the Aztec empire, the exhibit's design also reflects the idea that not everyone in Aztec society was an elite. "The ...