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Skull and one side of mandible of Musk Rat. American Animals (1902)

N nasal.     F frontal.     P parietal.     O occipital.     Z zygomatic arch.     B audital bulla.     Mx Maxillary.     PMx premaxillary.     I incisors.     M molars.     CP coronoid process.     C [...]

Keywords: diagrams, animals, skulls, death, rodents, greyscale

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Added: 2006-11-13

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1.—Martyrs suspended by one or both feet, by the arms with heavy weights attached to the feet; crucified; Christian women hung up by the hair Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyrs suspended by one foot. B. Suspended by both feet. C. Raised on the cross head uppermost. D. Nailed to the cross, head downwards. E. Hung up by both arms, heavy weights being attached to the [...]

Keywords: death, torture, nudity, people, punishments, religion, feet, bare feet, spooky, greyscale

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Added: 2006-03-26

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2.—Bound hand and foot to stakes and smeared with honey, and so left exposed to the sun, to be tortured by the stings of bees and other insects Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr suspended by both feet, and a great stone fastened to his neck. B. Sometimes the Blessed Martyrs, after being smeared with honey, were bound [naked] to stakes fixed in the ground, and so exp [...]

Keywords: nudity, torture, people, death, punishments, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2006-03-26

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3.—Suspended by the thumbs, heavy stones being fastened to the feet; hung up over a slow fire and beaten Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr suspended by his thumbs, heavy stones being attached to his feet. B. Christians hung up, and a slow fire kindled underneath, so as to suffocate them with the smoke; the victims being scourge [...]

Keywords: nudity, torture, punishments, people, death, religion, feet, bare feet, greyscale

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Added: 2006-04-03

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4.—Suspended by the feet, and the head beaten with hammers, etc. Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr suspended by the feet, and his head at the same time pounded with hammers. B. Martyr suspended by the hands, which are tied behind his back, heavy weights being fastened to his feet and roun [...]

Keywords: torture, nudity, bare feet, feet, punishments, people, death, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2006-04-06

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5.—Suspended with great weights on the shoulders, and a gag fixed in the mouth. Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr suspended by the hands, which are bound behind his back, and having the shoulders weighted with lumps of salt, a wooden gag being also forced into his mouth. B. Martyr suspended by a hook. “ [...]

Keywords: torture, nudity, bare feet, feet, punishments, people, death, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2006-04-17

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6.—Martyrs bound to the circumference of a great wheel, and rolled down a precipice Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

“Sometimes Martyrs were bound to the circumference of great wheels, and so hurled from a height over stony places.” (p. 26) The plate actually seems to show a naked man with his hands and feet bound b [...]

Keywords: torture, nudity, bare feet, punishments, people, death, religion, machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2006-05-01

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Catacombs in Alexandria Pictureseque Egypt Vol I (1878)

“By far the most magnificent portion [of Alexandria] was the Bruchium (granery, or height), bathed by the waters of the Great Harbour, and adjoining the oldest part of the city, namely, the original f [...]

Keywords: death, interiors, caves, catacombs, tombs, spooky, ancient egypt, greyscale

Places shown: Alexandria; Egypt

Added: 2006-02-10

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Emblem 2. Sin brings forth death. Emblems Divine and Moral (1866)

In the background, a face of a storm-god blows a wind and makes a sailing ship race atop a giant wave; lightning and rain are in the background, and a building burns. In the foreground stands a naked [...]

Keywords: emblems, death, storms, nudity, bare feet, people, biblical scenes, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-16

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7.—Fastened to a wheel, which is revolved over iron spikes Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr whose limbs are interwoven in the spokes of a wheel, on which he is left exposed for days, till he dies. B. Martyr bound to a narrow wheel, which is revolved, so that his body is horribly ma [...]

Keywords: torture, nudity, bare feet, punishments, people, death, religion, machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2007-03-02

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8.—Revolved over a blazing fire Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr bound naked to a wheel, which is revolved over iron spikes. B. Bound to the circumference of a wheel, which is revolved over a fire kindles underneath. This time it’s naked men who are tortu [...]

Keywords: torture, nudity, bare feet, punishments, people, death, religion, machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-22

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114.—Conflict between Romans and Barbarians. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The wood engraving shows men with curved square shields and helmets fighting men with round shields at close range. The winners are always the ones to call the losers barbarians. For ninety-seven year [...]

Keywords: people, soldiers, battles, fighting, weapons, shields, death, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2012-07-09

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