It’s a medieval torture device that was used – once upon a more primitive time – for publicly shaming bad musicians and other disturbers of the peace. The contraption, which is essentially a heavy ...

Lizzo might want to one-up James Madison’s 200-year old crystal flute with this even older flute — recently discovered by archaeologists across the pond. The rare medieval bone flute was unearthed in ...

Medieval Crime Museum has many terrifying torture devices on display, including a stigma whistle designed to discipline poor performers. This is 'the stigma flute'. When you play the following movie, ...

KENT, ENGLAND—A fipple flute has been unearthed near the coast of southeastern England by researchers from Cotswold Archaeology who are investigating the site of a medieval building that may have been ...