Warrior from long-lost ancient civilization deemed 'high status' found with rare treasures

Archaeologists in Hungary have uncovered a 1,300-year-old warrior’s tomb containing one of only about 80 known Avar sabers, a ...
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How People Really Got Wasted in the Middle Ages - It Was Wild

Alcohol was more than a pastime in the Middle Ages — it was a necessity, a social glue, and sometimes the only safe thing to ...
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The Execution Technique So Brutal Even Medieval Courts Feared It

Long before firearms or modern justice systems, several Asian and Middle Eastern empires used trained elephants as instruments of execution. These massive animals were taught not only to crush ...
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UN condemns Israeli regime’s ‘organized torture’ against Palestinians

The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) has condemned the Israeli regime for enforcing a policy of “organized ...
The Week

Israel must investigate torture of detainees, UN Committee demands

The UN report on Israeli torture details severe allegations of abuse against Palestinian detainees, including children, and calls for an independent commission to investigate these claims ...

‘Severe beatings, dog attacks’: UN report accuses Israel of running ‘organized widespread torture’ system; flags human rights violation

A UN report details widespread torture and abuses against Palestinian detainees by Israeli security forces over the past two ...
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Debunking the Middle Ages: Fact, Fiction, and the Myths That Shaped a Millennium

The Middle Ages often lives in our imagination as a foggy era filled with armored knights, unwashed peasants, gloomy castles, ...