The haunting wail was often the final sound heard by victims of human sacrifice in ancient Aztec ceremonies. The Death Whistle, crafted from clay and shaped like a human skull, has been discovered ...

and religious ceremonies. This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Where do babies come from? The Aztecs’ answer to the classic child’s ...

In such a ceremony, as practiced with neighboring ... translation to Spanish conventions of writing. Malinalco was an ancient Aztec ceremonial site with unique monoliths hewn out of the hillside.