There’s usually a fun element to fictionalizing history. Imagine a world where Dwight Eisenhower shot Adolf Hitler to end World War II in place of the führer’s bunker suicide, or John Wilkes Booth ...

Said to mimic the cries of the dead, the Aztec Death Whistle unleashes a sound so horrifying it chills the soul. Its role in rituals and sacrifice remains one of history’s darkest mysteries. ‘Not ...

Archaeologists digging near the Aztecs’ most sacred temple have uncovered sacrificial burials so elaborate they may point to the first-ever royal tomb. Among the finds - a jaguar dressed as a warrior ...