A tied up prisoner awaiting torture from a Chinese man heating up sections of a metal chain over a fire. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, c. 1850. [3251x2144]
Color autochrome photo of the interior of the Nabataean Tomb of the Roman Soldier before it was cleaned up for tourists in Petra, Jordan, c. 1st century CE. Taken by a photographer of the American Colony, Jerusalem, c. 1920-1940. [4943x3652]