Tag: Severed

30 JAN

How to display the severed heads of your enemies, the Iron Age way

Enlarge (credit: Roure et al. 2019) Archaeologists found microscopic traces of conifer resin and plant oils on bone fragments from skulls scattered just inside the walls of Le Cailar, a 2,500-year-old walled settlement near the Rhone River in southern France. That suggests that the heads had been embalmed with resin and plant oil before being […]

07 OCT

Danish police find severed head & legs of Swedish journalist Kim Wall

Published time: 7 Oct, 2017 09:59 Police in Denmark have found the head and legs of Swedish journalist Kim Wall who was killed under mysterious circumstances after going on a trip with a Danish inventor on his homemade submarine in Copenhagen. Read more The gruesome discovery, contained in plastic bags, was made on Friday near […]

05 JUL

Communist MP wants Poland ties severed over threat to Red Army monuments

Published time: 5 Jul, 2017 13:29 Communist Party MP Nikolay Kharitonov has urged fellow lawmakers to recall the Russian ambassador from Warsaw and sever all diplomatic ties with Poland, in protest at a recent bill that could see Red Army monuments razed. “Before the end of the day we must pass an address concerning the […]

20 MAY

In hate-crime trial, an Indian immigrant describes a brutal attack that left his finger severed

AP Wearing a slightly baggy suit, a maroon turban wrapped around his head, Maan Singh Khalsa looked across the courtroom at Judge Patricia Scanlon and wiggled his right hand. The damage was obvious: Most of Khalsa’s pinky finger was missing. “My attackers hit me with their fists, knocked off my turban, and yelled, ‘Cut his […]