Africa_versus_NASA t1_j37r2i6 wrote on January 6, 2023 at 4:59 PM Reply to comment by LP99 in TIL of execution by Breaking Wheel that would start with tying the body to a wheel, breaking the bones of the limbs, braiding the broken limbs through the spokes and leaving the body to be eaten by scavenging animals and birds. by muadib1974 The elevated breaking wheel is prominently featured in Breughel's "The Triumph of Death" https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brueghel_the_Elder,Pieter-_Triumph_of_Death,detail-_c._1562-1563.jpg He likely saw it himself, and felt the same way about it as you do now. Permalink Parent 37
Africa_versus_NASA t1_j37r2i6 wrote
Reply to comment by LP99 in TIL of execution by Breaking Wheel that would start with tying the body to a wheel, breaking the bones of the limbs, braiding the broken limbs through the spokes and leaving the body to be eaten by scavenging animals and birds. by muadib1974
The elevated breaking wheel is prominently featured in Breughel's "The Triumph of Death"
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brueghel_the_Elder,Pieter-_Triumph_of_Death,detail-_c._1562-1563.jpg
He likely saw it himself, and felt the same way about it as you do now.