Although you may be familiar with waterboarding, which refers to the torture technique of continually pouring water over the victim's face or head to elicit the fear of drowning, forced water ingestion was force feeding water down the victim’s throat until water intoxication occurred. Water TortureĮver wonder how much water you would have to drink to kill you? Water has actually been used in various forms of torture and execution throughout history. Eventually, they would die due to a combination of dehydration, starvation, and septic shock. While floating (not so) merrily down a stream surrounded by their own feces, insects feeding on the victim’s flesh would cause severe infection while they were repeatedly fed more milk and honey to prolong death by dehydration or starvation.
After consuming a large amount of milk and honey that resulted in diarrhea, they were covered with more honey to attract insects. Enemies were bound to the inside of two rowing boats that covered everything save for their head, hands, and feet. Documented by Greek historians, scaphism - from the Greek word skáphe, meaning “anything scooped or hollowed out - was used by Persians to apply as much torture while prolonging the victim’s eventual death. It’s quite a surprise the first torture/execution method up on this list wasn’t featured in either of the 300 movies. WARNING: This article is not for the faint of heart. Here are some of the most brutal torture and execution methods that will leave you grateful for living in the 21st century.
Different forms of torture and executions are an unfortunate reality of every culture’s bloody past. Thankfully, some of history’s most barbaric inventions have fallen by the wayside and can only be found at museums specializing in the macabre. History is filled with famous inventions that we still use today in some capacity.
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