AZTEC, N.M. – Aztec Ruins National Monument is giving visitors a chance to immerse themselves in an unexcavated ancient Pueblo structure. “You’re going to see what archeologists would have ...

The team believes that the precise alignment during the Aztec new year suggests the ancient people were using the basin, as well as man-made structures, to keep a precise track of the calendar.

In digging up ancient Aztec graves dating from the years 1250 to 1521 AD, archaeologists have found many examples of small whistles made of clay and formed into the shape of a skull. These ...

Aztec death whistle may have been used to prepare sacrifice victims for journey to the afterlife because of their ominous, ... “Many ancient cultures used musical instruments in ritual ceremonies.

Aztec death whistles don't fit into any existing Western classification for wind instruments; they seem to be a unique kind of "air spring" whistle, based on CT scans of some of the artifacts.