The body’s condition can tell scientists much about medieval law and order, or lack thereof. Archaeologists in England have uncovered gruesome evidence of a Medieval-era public punishment which ...

The oubliette wasn’t designed to torture the body—it was designed to erase the person. Prisoners were lowered into deep stone ...

Medieval punishments are usually described as relics of a brutal past. In reality, many were never eliminated — only ...

Archaeologists in England have uncovered gruesome evidence of a Medieval-era public punishment which occurred along the River Thames more than 1,200 years ago, according to a new study (via Ancient ...