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Aztec 'death whistles,' used to prepare sacrifice victims to descend to the underworld, scramble your brain, scans reveal

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Aztecs created the small 1.2 to 2-inch -long skull-shaped whistles out of clay.

The objects were used during human sacrifices and may have prepared victims for their supposed descent to Mictlan , the Aztec underworld.

The whistles all made "a shrill, piercing, and scream-like sound quality" when played with air pressure.