[Fractal Trader]

Hangmen of the time, who were deaf and mute, would have cut off the heads of the prisoners and thrown them into the well, while remaining body parts were given to the prisoner’s relatives.

[Fractal Trader]

Ping.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Sounds like a long hot summer weekend in Chicago.

[lightman]

Forerunners of the R.O.P.

[Ciexyz]

Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan in the 1930’s pulp magazines, was right.

[Noob1999]

To me, it’s amazing that all of these civilization artifacts of a few thousand years are buried under so much dirt, rocks, and rubble, only to be located a few thousand years later.

Has global warming piled so much rubble over our history???

This doesn’t sound like a real nice place.

I think that I will take waterboarding torture!!!

[Noob1999]

...............The hangmen were also known to have sold the dead bodies back to the families for a price..............

” Okk, Mohammad, would you like a thigh or the leg, rare or well done??

Raziaish, how about a nice left arm??

Muzmat, I know that you’re an ass man, the left cheek is more well done!

[Intolerant in NJ]

If I understand this story correctly, the researchers also found torture chambers, death pits and even a well covered in what appears to be blood......

[spokeshave]

The 2,300-year-old torture chamber: Ancient dungeon [SNIP] in Turkey (no pun intended)

OK....I fixed the title.

[clearcarbon]

"For more than two centuries, a dark and sinister secret has laid buried deep within the walls of the ancient Bithynian kingdom."

They should try excavating beneath the White House.