Brain scans of modern listeners suggest that Aztec whistles sound like human screams, which may have prepared sacrifice victims for their journey to the underworld.

A clear example of these is the Moctezuma metro station, who was the tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan at the time when the Spaniards arrived in the capital of the Mexican empire, commanded by ...

and human sacrifice. Huey Tzompantli itself was positioned on the corner of the chapel of Huitzilopochtli, who served as the patron of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan. Ultimately, Tenochtitlan was ...

Before Hernán Cortes' arrival in Tenochtitlan, the city was the capital of the Mexica empire, which was ruled by the tlatoani Moctezuma Xocoyotzin, or Moctezuma II. The city was splendid and had ...