Carved from wood more than five centuries ago, a small skull faced mask held today at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore once gave physical form to one of the most feared and revered deities in the ...

As its name suggests, an Aztec death whistle can make a most dreadful sound. But the effect depends on how it's played, explains musicologist and archaeologist Arnd Adje Both of the Free University of ...

In Aztec belief, death was not the end of the journey. Many souls were thought to travel to Mictlan, the vast underworld ruled by Mictlantecuhtli and Mictecacihuatl, where they had to endure 9 harsh ...

Earth and sky, body and soul: the dialogics of life on the earth and life in the most holy earth -- Dreams and dreaming: journeys of the soul -- "I beseech thee most holy earth": prayers for the earth ...

ANCIENT Aztec ‘death whistles’ have a strange ‘uncanny valley’-style effect on the human brain, new research has found. These clay instruments were often shaped like human skulls, and are known for ...

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Day of the Dead might sound like a solemn affair, but Mexico's famous holiday is actually a lively commemoration of the departed. The nationwide festivities, which include a massive parade in Mexico ...