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Return to the Convent by Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala (1868) Carmen Thyssen Museum (Public Domain) — 30 Jan 2020

Mockery of the Crucifixion: The Sacred Donkey and the Cross

*By Roberto Volterri*

*Archaeology & Science*

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In 1857 in a cell of the ruins of Imperial Palace on the Palantine Hill in Rome, a curious graffiti representing a crucified man (corpus humanum... suffigitur in cruce) but with the head and ears of a donkey (cervix asinina caputque auritu) was...
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Sts Savinus and Cyprian are tortured (circa 1100) Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe (Public Domain) — 20 Jan 2020

Horrific Prolonged Capital Punishments in Ancient Times

*By micki pistorius*

*History & Tradition*

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All are familiar with the burning of witches and criminals – who often died by asphyxia or cardiac arrest before their flesh was consumed by the flames - but since antiquity the cruel ingenuity of torturers inspired astonishingly horrific...
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Crucifixion

Mockery of the Crucifixion: The Sacred Donkey and the Cross

Horrific Prolonged Capital Punishments in Ancient Times