Death by burning
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Death by burning, also called immolation, is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history as a form of public capital punishment, and
An 1892 painting showing the 1682 burning of Old Believer leader Avvakum and others in Pustozersk, Russia
Nero's Torches
Tanit with a lion's head
An 18th-century illustration of a wicker man. Engraving from A Tour in Wales written by Thomas Pennant
Capital punishment
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Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. The sentence ord
Execution of Louis XVI
Anarchist Auguste Vaillant about to be guillotined in France in 1894
The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer, by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1883). Roman Circus Maximus.
The Death of Socrates (1787)