From Heretic's Fork to being eaten alive by insects, these horrible old methods of torture prove that humans have always been cruel.
Getting recognition isn't always easy, and it always takes a lot of so-called creative ideas to sentence someone to death. The following horrific methods of torture and execution of the ancient world were designed to humiliate and dehumanize victims in their last moments of life. Which of these methods do you think is the most brutal?
"Dyba" (began to be used in ancient times)
The victim's ankles were tied to one end of this device, and his wrists were tied to the other. The mechanism of this device is as follows: during the interrogation process, the limbs of the victim are stretched in different directions. During this process, bones and ligaments make startling sounds, and until the victim is recognized, her joints are twisted or, worse, the victim is simply torn apart.
Cradle of Judas (Origin: Ancient Rome)
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This method was widely used in the Middle Ages to gain acceptance. This "cradle of Judas" was feared throughout Europe. The victim was tied with straps to restrict freedom of action and lowered into a chair with a pyramid-shaped seat. With each raising and lowering of the victim, the top of the pyramid more and more ruptured the anus or vagina, often causing septic shock or death.
"Brazen Bull" (Origin: Ancient Greece)
This is what can be called hell on earth, this is the worst thing that can be. "The Bronze Bull" is a torture device, it is not the most complicated design, it looked exactly like a bull. The entrance to this structure was on the belly of the so-called animal, this is a kind of chamber. The victim was pushed inside, the door was closed, the statue was heated, and this all continued until the moment when the victim inside was roasted to death.
Heretic's Fork (started to be used in medieval Spain)
Used to extract confessions during the Spanish Inquisition. The heretic's fork even had an engraved inscription in Latin "I renounce." This is a reversible fork, a simple device that locks onto the neck. 2 thorns were clamped to the chest and the other 2 to the throat. The victim could not talk or sleep, the frenzy usually led to confession.
"Choke Pear" (origin unknown, first mentioned in France)
This device was intended for women, homosexuals and liars. Formed in the shape of a ripe fruit, it had a rather intimate design, and in the literal sense of the word. After it was inserted into the vagina, anus, or mouth, the device (which had four sharp metal sheets) was opened. The sheets expanded wider and wider, thereby tearing apart the victim.
Rat torture (origin unknown, possibly UK)
Despite the fact that there are many options for torture with rats, but still the most common was the one that consisted in fixing the victim so that she could not move. The rat was placed on the victim's body and covered with a container. Then the container was heated, and the rat desperately began to look for a way out and tore the person apart. The rat dug and dug, slowly burrowing into the man until he died.
Crucifixion (origin unknown)
Despite the fact that today it is a symbol of the greatest religion in the world (Christianity), crucifixion was once a cruel form of humiliating death. The condemned was nailed to a cross, often done in public, left hanging so that all the blood from his wounds would drain and he died. Death sometimes came only after a week. It is likely that crucifixion is still used today (albeit rarely) in places like Burma and Saudi Arabia.
Scafism (most likely originated in Ancient Persia)
Death occurred because insects ate the victim alive. The sentenced person was placed in a boat or simply tied with chains to a tree and force-fed with milk and honey. This continued until the victim had diarrhea. Then she was left to sit in her own excrement, and soon insects flocked to this stench. Death usually occurred from dehydration, septic shock, or gangrene.
Saw torture (started in ancient times)
Everyone from the Persians to the Chinese practiced a form of death such as sawing a victim. Often the victim was hung upside down (thereby increasing the blood flow to the head), between which a large saw was placed. The executioners slowly sawed a person's body in half, stretching the process to make death as painful as possible.
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