7 Unthinkably Brutal Ancient Methods of Execution

These will make the Electric Chair seem like a walk in the park.

Execution by Electric Chair — a relatively modern execution method |
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I don’t know if Hell or Heaven exists — but the general premise typically is that heaven is a place where you go if you do more good deeds than bad, and experience the pleasures of the afterlife.

While hell is the opposite — a place you’d go if your sins outweigh your good deeds in mortal form — and as a result, you’d end up facing atrocities in the afterlife.

However, what if the path to hell was even more difficult than the worst possible atrocities that hell could dish out?

What if death wasn’t a quick dose of cyanide but a cruel way of ensuring maximum pain and suffering — so much that you’d rather beg to die than go through that. Such were some of the most brutal ways of execution in the ancient world that they send shivers down your spine simply reading about them. Here are some of the choicest picks.

#1 — Bloodless Crucifixion of Ancient Greece

The preferred mode of execution in Ancient Greece was something called the bloodless crucifixion. The Athenians knew how to dish out the harshest punishments and also had some very strict laws around their definition of right and wrong.