Beheading: Once a Nobleman’s Death When most people think of beheadings they probably think of events far away in time and place, such as Marie Antoinette’s 1793 guillotine execution during the French revolution. But beheadings are hardly a thing of the past; in fact in some places they are becoming increasingly commonplace. keep reading Photo: “The beheading of St. John the Baptist” by Carvaggio. Credit: The Yorck Project

Beheading: Once a Nobleman’s Death

When most people think of beheadings they probably think of events far away in time and place, such as Marie Antoinette’s 1793 guillotine execution during the French revolution.

But beheadings are hardly a thing of the past; in fact in some places they are becoming increasingly commonplace.

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Photo: “The beheading of St. John the Baptist” by Carvaggio. Credit: The Yorck Project

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