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Death By Elephant (unknown date of origin)
In South and Southeast Asia, the Elephant has been a method of capital punishment for thousands of years. The animals were trained to execute two ways. Slowly, in a prolonged manner, dismembering and torturing or by Crushing, which killed the victim nearly instantly. Usually employed by royalty, these elephant assassins only heightened the fear of royalty to the common people, proving that they even had the ability to control wild animals. -
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Ancient chinese forms of torture
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Ling Chi (Slow Slicing)
This form of torture began in 900 AD until its abolition in 1905.
In this form of execution, the condemned person was killed by using a knife to methodically remove portions of the body over an extended period of time.
The punishment worked on three levels: as a form of public humiliation, as a slow and lingering death, and as a punishment after death. -
Castration
According to legend, during the reign of the legendary Emperor Shun and Yu in China, in 2281 BC castration was passed into law as a punishment, which remained so until the reign of Gaozu (589–600 AD). However, it was still practiced after his reign. According to historians, it was incorporated into Chinese law during the Zhou Dynasty. It was one of the five physical punishments that could be legally inflicted on criminals in China.
