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

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 ...

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

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 ...