Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twenty-six skeletons were found with their hands tied behind their backs at the site in Buckingham [Network Archaeology] More than ...

Hanging was a common medieval execution, but for certain criminals, punishment did not end with death. After execution, ...

The remains of nearly 100 bodies have been discovered at an ancient cemetery, which archaeologists believe was the site of an extensive execution operation. Nearly 100 bodies, mainly adult males, were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1457, a sow and her piglets were put on trial for the murder of a child in the village of Savigny in Burgundy, France. The sow ...

More than 70 bodies have now been uncovered at a medieval cemetery used for executed criminals, archaeologists say. The remains of about 40 men and boys, dating back to at least the 13th Century, were ...