This book provides an up-to-date synthesis of Aztec culture, applying interdisciplinary approaches (archaeology, ethnohistory and ethnography) to reconstructing the complex and enigmatic civilization.

The archaeological team ... of the earth goddess Tlaltecuhtli (pronounced tlal-TEK-tli)—the symbol of the Aztec life and death cycle, squatting to give birth while drinking her own blood ...

Archaeologists have excavated more sections of an extraordinary Aztec tower of human skulls ... is without doubt one of the most impressive archaeological finds of recent years in our country ...

Brain scans of modern listeners suggest that Aztec whistles sound like human screams, which may have prepared sacrifice ...

Aztec “skull whistles” found in ancient gravesites were designed to produce shrieking sounds and instil “otherworldly” fear ...

When archaeologists blew into these creepy kazoos, they emitted an unearthly, banshee-like shriek similar to a haunted ...

Deep within Mexico’s archaeological treasures lies a haunting instrument whose true psychological impact is only now being ...

This mask, which is on display at the British Museum in London, is one of several turquoise objects that the Spanish ...

Sound has the incredible ability to instill a certain kind of emotion into whoever hears it. The soulful call of a loon feels ...