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Hidden beneath a hillside pasture in Germany, archaeologists made a grim discovery—an execution site complete with human remains

For centuries, the quiet hill near the town of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt appeared nothing more than an open field where ...
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32 human skeletons unearthed at 16th-century public execution site in France

Archaeologists unearthed an execution site in Grenoble, France, where condemned individuals were killed and later displayed in public.
Ancient Origins

Renaissance Gallows Unearthed in France With 32 Executed Victims

This wasn't simply an execution site but rather a display platform where bodies were hung after being executed elsewhere in the city. The structure consisted of eight stone pillars supporting a timber ...
Archaeology

16th-Century Gallows Excavated in France

GRENOBLE, FRANCE—Live Science reports that traces of sixteenth-century gallows and 10 burial pits have been uncovered in southeastern France by researchers from the French National Institute of ...
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Houston Halloween display shows mannequins in red hats hanging from gallows with Mexican flag

A Halloween display in a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, is fueling outrage after video captured mannequins wearing red hats staged in what appears to be an execution scene. The display — located in ...