A Medieval skeleton discovered in Italy has shown "signs of decapitation" and is believed to be the first case of a "torture wheel" in the country. The research, published in the Journal of ...
AN ANCIENT skeleton believed to have been shattered by a ‘wheel of torture’ has been uncovered in Milan. The gruesome medieval remains were found with two buckle bindings, which are thought to be a ...
Presented by an abbess to her convent of nuns, a medieval tome known as the Liesborn Gospel Book is one of the most valuable gospels on the planet. Only five copies with rare first pages are known to ...
In a medieval Italian cemetery, archaeologists recently exhumed the skeletal remains of a victim of a medieval torture device known as the breaking wheel. University of Milan archaeologist Debora ...
The ancient skeleton of a man killed on the medieval wheel of torture reveals the horrific deadly injuries that it inflicted on the human body. The man, who lived in medieval Milan, Italy, was found ...
NEW YORK (RNS) If much of life in the High Middle Ages seems foreign to us, the wheel -- along with four others like it that have survived to the present -- is a real riddle. NEW YORK (RNS) The ...
Medieval skeleton with signs of 'decapitation' believed to be Italy's first 'torture wheel' victim A Medieval skeleton found in Italy has shown ‘signs of decapitation’ and is said to be the country's ...
AN ANCIENT skeleton believed to have been shattered by a 'wheel of torture' has been uncovered in Milan. The gruesome medieval remains were found with two buckle bindings, which are thought to be a ...