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 pits and then forgotten, sometimes for years. This video explains how and ...

Medieval punishments are usually described as relics of a brutal past. In reality, many were never eliminated — only rebranded. The methods evolved, but the underlying logic stayed intact. Modern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists in England have uncovered gruesome evidence of a Medieval-era public punishment which occurred along the River ...