A team of cognitive neuroscientists at the University of Zurich, has found that ancient Aztec "skull whistles" found in gravesites are able to instill fear in modern people. In their study, published ...

ANCIENT Aztec ‘death whistles’ have a strange ‘uncanny valley’-style effect on the human brain, new research has found. These clay instruments were often shaped like human skulls, and are known for ...

A carved-out cow bone found in Egypt is actually an ancient whistle, once used by an Egyptian “police officer.” This officer didn’t use the whistle to direct traffic, though. He was guarding a royal ...

A 3,300-year-old whistle carved out of a cow's toe bone has been discovered in Akhetaten (modern-day Amarna), an ancient Egyptian capital founded by the father of King Tutankhamun. It is the first ...

Scientists were fascinated by the ghostly find: a human skeleton buried in an Aztec temple with a clay, skull-shaped whistle in each bony hand. But no one blew into the whistles for nearly 15 years.

A 3,300-year-old whistle, carved from a cow's toe bone, has been uncovered at Akhetaten, present-day Amarna, an ancient Egyptian capital founded by Tutankhamun's father. This rare discovery offers a ...

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It is first study to investigate the psychological impacts of these sounds ANCIENT Aztec ‘death whistles’ have a strange ‘uncanny valley’-style effect on the human brain, new research has found. These ...