There are many ways humans have inflicted pain and misery on each other throughout history, but there are a few methods that stand head and shoulders above the rest.

We can’t pretend that as a species we’ve completely abandoned the barbaric ways we can be cruel to one another, but be glad you live in a time where some of the most vulgar methods of torture are no longer used.

There are some absolutely horrific ways to die, and one kind in particular, ripped from the pages historycondemns the victim to days of unrelenting torture before a gruesome death.

This method is called “scaphism‘, and was developed by the ancients Persian as a way of putting someone through a prolonged and horrific experience before death.

In fact, an undertaker once said that she thought that was probably the worst way for someone to die because it would subject you to “exposure, dehydration, shock and delirium” for days on end before finally breaking free from your death spiral.

You’ll need two boats that can be used to lock a person in, and you don’t have to be too fussed about what condition they’ll be in by the end of it. (Getty Stock Photo)

One historical account describes how a soldier named Mithridates was killed by the Persian emperor Artaxerxes II in this way for killing his younger brother Cyrus.

Cyrus tried to usurp the throne of Artaxerxes and was killed in battle for him, but when the soldier who killed him was identified, he was put to a scaphism and took 17 days of agony to die.

If you wanted to fuck someone, in the ancient style of the Persian Empire, scaphism is the way you would do it.

ingredients

• Two small boats
• Honey, large quantities
• Milk, a lot
• Someone you don’t really like
• Lots of insects

You will need a mixture of milk and honey for this and enough to keep applying daily. (Getty Stock Photo)

Method

Step 1: Take the person you don’t like and place them in one of the small boats with their arms, legs and head sticking out the side, secure them in place by flipping the other boat over and placing it on top of them, secure the boats together so the person doesn’t can escape

Step 2: Mix some of the milk and honey and force-feed it to the victim until he becomes sick, apply the rest to the exposed skin and continue to do this daily.

Step 3: Continue to turn the person so that they are constantly facing the sun and watch as the mixture spread on their skin attracts a lot of bugs that start to eat them.

Step 4: Continue to apply the milk and honey mixture every day and let the person wallow in their own waste and vomit as they continue to be devoured by a swarm of insects day after day and suffer the agonizing effects.

Step 5: You decide whether or not to remove your victim from their torture, even though they may still die, or leave them there for however long it takes to perish from being eaten alive by a multitude of tiny mouths.