[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Aztec Death Whistle (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 2/8/2015 5:46:12 PM EDT
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The Aztec death whistle produces a sound so horrifying, it will chill you to the bone. Described as the ‘scream of a thousand corpses’, the death whistle sounds like the cry of the un-dead, or the torment of a human being burned alive. Interestingly, the skull-shaped whistles were discovered 20 years ago by archaeologists, but were dismissed as mere toys. Most studies focused on how they looked, but no one really thought to blow into them. Now that the fearsome sound of the whistle has been discovered, it is attracting the attention of scientists, musicians and historians alike. According to 66-year-old mechanical engineer Roberto Velazquez, who has spent several years recreating the sounds of his pre-Columbian ancestors, the Aztecs played the mournful ‘Whistles of Death’ just before they were sacrificed to the gods. Some historians believe that the Aztecs used to sound the death whistle in order to help the deceased journey into the underworld. Tribes are said to have used the terrifying sounds as psychological warfare, to frighten enemies at the start of battle. The guy starts blowing on the thing at 0:50 http://youtu.be/I9QuO09z-SI  |
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no way jose! |
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Quoted: You know what is scarier? Smallpox. |
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Very cool. The Spanish Death Whistle was far more effective, however.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9UlzMISeIsMy thoughts exactly. The whistle must not have bothered the Conquistadors very much. 
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Quoted: My thoughts exactly. The whistle must not have bothered the Conquistadors very much. Quoted: Quoted: Very cool. The Spanish Death Whistle was far more effective, however. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9UlzMISeIsThe whistle must not have bothered the Conquistadors very much. |
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My thoughts exactly. The whistle must not have bothered the Conquistadors very much.
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Very cool. The Spanish Death Whistle was far more effective, however. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9UlzMISeIsMy thoughts exactly. The whistle must not have bothered the Conquistadors very much.
Cause the end of the mayan and aztec civilizations had nothing to do with disease. 
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