Although the human mind can be considered a brilliant invention of evolution, it is also capable of horrendous imaginations. Throughout the …
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10 Brutal Ways to Die by Torture in the Ancient World
Today's execution methods, and torture have nothing on the ancient world. Read about ten blood-curdling ways people were put to death.
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For much of our (pre-) history on Earth, homo sapiens have been hunter-gatherers, albeit evolving from prey into top predators in the last 10,000 …
In ancient Rome, there was no shortage of entertainment. Spectacular chariot races drew in tens of thousands of Romans, who cheered for their …
If it isn’t already obvious, Ivan the Terrible is often depicted in art, created a long time after his tenure as Tsar, as a scouring, awful, cruel …
Throughout the Medieval Period (c. 500 CE – 1500 CE), crises, disasters, and war periodically shook societies to their core. When the bonds of feudal …
