I wonder if the old Anglo-Saxons used the same beheading technique as latter-day Mohammedan jihadists do.
According to the Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/day-the-vikings-got-their-comeuppance-1920111.html), archaeologists opine that they got their heads chopped off with swords, while facing their executioners.
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Date: 2010-03-14 02:12 am (UTC)According to the Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/day-the-vikings-got-their-comeuppance-1920111.html), archaeologists opine that they got their heads chopped off with swords, while facing their executioners.