Iran's medieval barbarity is not limited to executions, it includes lashings, amputations and even the blinding of people convicted of crimes deemed relatively minor by the civilized world, according ...

In Hemmaberg, Austria, archaeologists excavating a cemetery associated with an early Medieval church discovered the remains of a middle-aged man whose left foot had been amputated. In its place, a ...

A dig at St Georg church in Freising, Bavaria, revealed a surprising find (Picture: Getty/iStockphoto) Archaeologists have uncovered a 400-year-old body with an iron hand in an impressive example of ...

Archaeologists who were digging in a medieval Portuguese necropolis unearthed three skeletons of young men who had their hands and feet cut off just before they died. Most likely the consequence of ...

07:59, Thu, Apr 10, 2025 Updated: 08:06, Thu, Apr 10, 2025 Iran’s hardline rulers are poised to amputate the fingers of three prisoners in a brutal act of state-sanctioned torture, campaigners have ...

IT’s the stomach-churning treatment proving a life saver. Maggots bred by scientist Merilyn Geary are being used by at least two major Sydney hospitals in a last-ditch attempt to save infected limbs ...

The Taliban are back in the saddle and, with them, the dreadful spectre of the harsh punishments meted out in their previous time in power: public hangings and stonings, amputation of hands and public ...

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