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Aztec skull whistles produce a sound which elicits a fundamentally different response in our brains to other natural sounds. Source: Jennysnest / CC BY-SA 4.0; inset Frühholz, S., Rodriguez, P., Bonard, M. et al. Psychoacoustic and Archeoacoustic nature of ancient Aztec skull whistles. Commun Psychol 2, 108 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00157-7.

A Hiss, and a Scream: The Reason Aztec Skull Whistles are so Scary

All That History November 19, 2024

Musical instruments are near universal across all cultures, ancient and modern, but the music they...

Monument to Genghis Khan in Ulaanbaator, but the true resting place of the great warlord remains a mystery (Berbard Gagnon / Public Domain)

Where is the Tomb of Genghis Khan?

All That History August 7, 2024

Genghis Khan was one of the most powerful men to ever live. Born to rule...

Raganrok is the fatalistic tale at the heart of Norse mythology. What happens to the gods of the Norse pantheon and the world in which they live?

Ragnarok: What Can We Learn from the Doom of the Gods?

All That History August 5, 2024

In the 13th century in Iceland a poet and a scholar named Snorri Sturluson wrote...

Jack Ketch became famous not for his skill as a headsman, but for his brutal lack of it (Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse / Public Domain)

Interested in the Killing: Jack Ketch’s Infamous Trade

All That History July 30, 2024

There is a reason that, in the public image of the medieval executioner they are...