• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    "The brazen bull … was an alleged torture and execution device designed in ancient Greece

    There’s zero evidence that was ever used tho…

    A lot of the “terrible tortures of the past” are bullshit because the people that came next wanted to look civilized compared to the past.

    I think for this one, someone found a bronze bull that could fit a person inside and some pipes. It’s way more likely the person in there just played the pipes like horns

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      1 year ago

      Well sure, but if it was real it would be a horrifying way to die. I imagine akin to being burned at the stake in a way.