Flutes and pipes shrilled and wailed, a trombone (subbing for the snail shell) neighed an angular melody, to the spine-tingling thump-and-throb of drums, gourds, rattles.

A team of scientists from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, has created 3D reconstructions of several Aztec skull whistles from the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany. In research ...

In this file photo from Aug. 10, 2014, Gustavo Arias, a dancer from Kalpulli Atl-Tlachinolli from New York, dances in an Aztec tradition at the Rock, Rattle and Drum Powwow in Adams, Mass. This year, ...

On Saturday, the Zeiterion Theatre and The New Bedford Whaling Museum presents a unique opportunity to experience Mayan and Aztec culture first hand.