method execution penetration human object stake pole spear hook complete partial particularly response crimes state regarded number cultures harsh form capital punishment recorded myth art wartime suppress rebellion punish collaborators punishment military discipline offenses occasionally employed include contempt state responsibility safe roads trade routes committing highway robbery grave robbery violating state policies standards trade offenders variety cultural sexual religious reasons references found early 18th century ottoman_empire form execution continued 20th century methods longitudinal individual body length documented cases merchant provides eyewitness account 17th century egypt case man condemned death use false weights lay belly hands tied razor throw handful paste readiness immediately stops blood thrust body long stake big arm sharp point tapered little driven till come breast head shoulders lift plant stake ground leave exposed day day saw man pale sentenced continue hours alive die soon stake thrust far come body stay rest pale hinder weight body making sink point piercing presently killed manner left hours time spoke turning prayed passed kill making thousand mouths faces pain suffered stirred dinner sent dispatch easily making point stake come breast left till morning taken survival time survival time stake reported seconds minutes hours days dutch present day particularly proficient lifetime witnessing man surviving days stake hearing local survive days critical survival length precisely stake inserted went interior parts vital organs easily damaged leading swift death letting stake follow spine procedure damage vital organs person survive days alternatively performed example frontal dorsal direction abdomen chest directly heart vice versa women killed newborn liable placed open grave stake heart detailed description execution manner comes 17th century hungary eastern slovakia woman executed assistants help grave half deep dug woman placed hands feet secured driving nails placed small bush face placed held vertically wooden heart assistants earth woman head kept free earth behest death process earth grabbed pair rod iron red hot positioned glowing iron rod wooden assistants rod assistant emptied trough earth woman head said scream heard earth actually moved upwards moment variations travelling botanical research levant observed ordinary longitudinal method called condemned hoisted means rope bed sharp metal hooks released depending hooks enter body survive condition days years earlier described process adding seldom regarded cruel years prior von witnessed variant ritual large iron hook fixed horizontal cross bar individual forced hook piercing abdomen hung hands feet head downward cross bar situated performed torture man hooks city wall describes involves erection city hooks embedded city walls occasion people thrown chaplain stationed describes forms executions practiced follows arabs crime hung neck city walls thrown hooks fixed walls break hook hang exquisite thirty hours according source hooks wall execution method introduced construction new city gate time described use actual frequency throwing persons hooks notes years captivity knew case christian slave murdered master met fate taken captive barber surgeon relates heights involved thrown hooks somewhat unclear relates specifically city manner wall high wall right place sits strong iron hook sharp thrust wall hook body days davies adds deaths seldom personally witnessed hanged ribs slightly variant way executing people means force iron meat hook beneath person ribs hang die slowly technique 18th century ottoman controlled bosnia called practice attested example dutch punishment rebellious slaves bamboo torture recurring horror story websites popular media outlets japanese soldiers world war inflicted bamboo torture prisoners war victim supposedly tied place young bamboo shoot days sharp fast growing shoot completely penetrate victim body eventually emerging history antiquity ancient earliest known use form execution occurred ancient example code king woman killed husband sake man late period time city states mere adultery wife murder husband mentioned punished royal archives city syrian iraqi border western bank roughly contemporary known soldiers taken captive war occasion roughly contemporary king country lying directly east present day iran official threatened allies enemies terrible acts perceived great individuals diverse cultures example roughly merchants express deep concern fellow citizen town great sin committed patron deity egypt dynasty prisoners war caused set stake south memphis following attempted invasion egypt year relevant stake depicts individual abdomen egyptian kings employing include evidence carvings statues found example empire rough dating bce image detail public commemoration victory siege proceeded similarly inhabitants campaign father time relief palace shows enemies attack city neo way stake driven body immediately ribs body length neo mass executions designed terror enforce obedience took pride example evidently proud bloody work committed monument eternal memory follows cut hands burned fire pile living men heads city gate set men stakes city destroyed devastated turned ruin young men fire burned ancient siege warfare provides statistics different neo kings times commemorated rebels rebels enemies particularly attested times 14th century king charges predecessor iii having delivered unto middle nobles promptly scholars said king solid evidence like came use middle period evidence form punishment relative types perceived crimes law code discovered contains following injunction abortion woman consent brings seize determine guilt stake bury dies likewise bury ambiguous biblical evidence controversy exist different bible translations concerning actual fate 5th century minister sons hanged example hanging version essay critical notes extended discussion topic website passages bible practice samuel concerning fate sons handed mountain seven fell killed days harvest beginning harvest conclusive evidence wanting way allowed hanging neo method seen carvings equally easily seen form hanging pole focusing stake actual penetration body rome term object narrative explicit references latin texts crosses kind differently different individuals suspended victims heads inverted ground drove stake organs stretched victims arms cross bar racks video video video europe article following punishment stated women found guilty generally drowned law code allowed particularly severe cases old punishment implemented woman buried alive stake driven heart similarly burial alive combined attested early execution method people found guilty adultery example statutes couple punished following way placed grave layer single stake similar punishment proven male mentioned 13th century ordinance bohemian mining town vienna statute husband woman caught adultery wished demand wife lover alternatively demand monetary occasionally women found guilty condemned kiel year old condemned witch buried alive stake driven heart children attested buried alive stake driven judicial tradition placed open grave rape victim ordered strokes stake finishing procedure serving example fate child august switzerland condemned having sexually violated girls ages clothes taken placed arms legs stretched secured pole stake driven ground people left die longitudinal cases longitudinal found typically context war punishment attested practice individuals perceived collaborating enemy occasion example thirty years war german officer suspicion swedish corporal likewise trying defect germans ottoman siege venetian garrison crete peasants supplying provisions besieged likewise christians hungarians having provided supplies turks particularly brutal german leading forces holy roman emperor designed hungary dominated germans dominated turks began hungarian subjects opponents opposing general hungarians responded kind alive imperial troops fixing sharp iron hooks fortress walls threw captured germans finally emperor mutual banished order establish needed cessation hostilities treaty sicily fell rule locals deeply resented german parish priest kill germans said broken joy german soldier arrived village gone days killed german shot soldier horse priest later short lived revolt austrians hungarians rebels gained hold officers promptly imperial troops got hold year old son merely rebel leader determination revolt shortly onwards german regiments organized hungary croatia caught execution occasionally individual murderers perceived standard like broken wheel regarded sufficiently crimes extended rituals execution include devised case german serve example executed present day czech_republic account confessed murders underwent particularly execution procedure limbs cut ripped glowing finally alive pamphlet confession record means torture extract confessions 15th century prince credited notable figure prefer method execution late medieval period notorious liberal employment nicknames known orphaned betrayed forced exile pursued enemies retook control dealt harshly enemies especially betrayed family past variety methods employed associated use liberal use capital punishment eventually extended saxon settlers members rival clan criminals domain members nobility peasants eventually subjects displeased following multiple campaigns invading ottoman turks mercy prisoners war night attack mid june failed assassinate ottoman sultan road capital eventually inundated forest decaying corpses reported invading army turks turned constantinople encountering thousands corpses prints era portray victims frontal dorsal aspect vertically example soon iconic following pamphlet incidents like let children mothers forced eat cut breasts women husbands forced eat ottoman_empire longitudinal execution method attested ottoman_empire variety offenses siege constantinople ottoman_empire siege constantinople example buildup phase great siege year sultan declared ships sailing anchor fortress inspection venetian captain sought ban ship hit crew picked waters crew members beheaded according early days siege contingents ottoman army operations minor fortifications like surrendered soldiers individuals place civil crimes ottoman_empire civil crimes rebel activity behavior highway robbery punished periods executions civil crimes claimed rare ottoman_empire example lived realm years claimed hadn heard thieves constantinople time highway sure heard cases residence staying notes years gone half dozen public executions traveling ottoman_empire territories like egypt late emphasizes regional variations frequency constantinople turkey writes practised rarely practice exception highlighted situation christians constantinople christian spoke acted law turkish woman broke mosque face converted islam contrast says egypt ordinary punishment arabs turks egypt prison instead publicly executed like natives actual frequency ottoman_empire varied greatly time time place place different population groups empire highway 1830s source says practice rare travelling constantinople told man witnessed event years ago dozen prior writing archaeologist mentions latest case acquainted happened years ago baghdad rebel arab pirates highway occasionally recorded october example preyed turkish ships number years captured offered pardon rebels greece ottoman rule greece important tool psychological warfare intended terror peasant population 18th century greek turned guerrilla insurgents known increasing annoyance ottoman government captured peasants aided victims publicly placed highly visible points intended effect villages refused help turn authorities ottomans engaged active campaigns capture insurgents able enlist greek villagers eager avoid stake hunt outlaw occasion aggravated set fire stake acting spit victim alive born ottoman noble ruled rebels criminals descendants family past alive example visiting greece albania says following stay criminals alive slow fire skinned alive left skin face stripped doubted truth confirmed persons respectable inhabitants assured victims stake prevented yielding requests water fear similar fate resident going saw greek priest leader gang nailed alive outer wall palace sight city greek war independence greek revolutionaries civilians tortured executed german witness constantinople massacre april narrates greeks turkish mob greeks months insurrection recorded diary french consul published brother later rebel military commander captured near refusing convert islam join ottoman army martyr greek independence later honored national hero rebels ottoman_empire perceived rebels attested practice parts empire revolt serbian revolution ottoman_empire serbs belgrade historian crisis ottoman empire prelude collapse notes instances later use particular times crises ordered military commanders directly ordered supreme authority possessed sultan notes late instances rebellions cases robbery like revolt insurrection nobel prize winning novel bridge chapter described trying sabotage bridge construction occurrences allegations armenian recorded survivor armenian genocide recalled sixteen young armenian girls ottoman film auction souls based book armenia showed victims nailed crosses years later revealed scene inaccurate went describe actually turks didn crosses like turks little pointed crosses took clothes girls bend sit pointed wood way killed turks americans way terrible things russian clergyman visiting ravaged christian villages northwestern persia genocide found remains people notes bodies firmly fixed instances stakes withdrawn necessary saw bury victims
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