Crucifixion
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
Triumph of Christianity by Tommaso Laureti (1530-1602), ceiling painting in the Sala di Constantino, Vatican Palace. Images like this one celebrate the destruction of ancient pagan culture and the victory of Christianity.
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Crucifixion is an ancient method of execution, where the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang until dead.
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See also
- Cross or stake as gibbet on which Jesus died
- Crucifixion eclipse
- Crucifixion in the arts
- Crucifixion of Jesus
- List of methods of capital punishment
- Torture
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