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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...

Neolithic bullets and sling from Anatolia, thought to date back to 9,000 BC. Source: Harald the Bard / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Terror, and the Screaming Bullets of the Ancients

All That History August 21, 2024

Burnswark Hill in Scotland dominates the local landscape. A prominent mound in the south of...