A barbaric form of torture has horrified historians for centuries and is one of the most chilling forms of execution ever devised.

Scaphism involved trapping a victim between two boats, force-feeding them milk and honey, smearing them with the mixture, and leaving swarms of insects to feast on their slowly decaying body.

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