US Edition500-year-old Death Whistle has the 'most terrifying sound in the world'
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A sudden, lacerating, devastating lament, like in a horror movie. This is the sound made by the so-called 'Aztec Death Whistle', or the last sound that many human beings heard before facing their premature end. Finally, a sound that, according to a recent neuropsychiatric study by the University of Zurich published by DailyMail, elicits the same terrifying reactions in the psyche of today's humans. Swiss scientists let a group of volunteers hear…
500-year-old Death Whistle has the 'most terrifying sound in the world'
An ancient Aztec Death Whistle has been found to make the "most terrifying sound in the world". Civilisations that thrived in Mexico, such as the Mayans, were known to have dangerous objects. This whistle is being touted as the scariest of them all. It was discovered in 1999 when archaeologists dug up a site and found a sacrificial victim buried with it.
The Aztecs used skull whistles during ritual human sacrifice ceremonies. The shrill sound of these pre-Columbian instruments also has a frightening effect on modern humans, according to a neuroscience study from the University of Zurich (UZH).
Many ancient cultures used musical instruments in ritual ceremonies.The Aztec communities of Mesoamerica were not different.According to historians, their ritual ceremonies and sacrifices included visual and sonorous elements to represent mythological deities of the underworld.Continue reading...
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