- 1911 Encyclopedia: Beheading
 - Article about the mode of capital punishment, which was regarded as the most honourable form of death in medieval times. - Beheading
- Brief historic look at the public execution method.
- Does Beheading Hurt?
- Article excerpts that explore the science of decapitation.
- History of Beheading
- Gives background on the execution practice, what equipment was necessary, and descriptions of beheadings in medieval Britain and Germany as well as modern-day Saudi Arabia.
- JewishEncyclopedia.com: Beheading
- Offers Biblical data as well as where beheading appears in Rabbinical literature.
- Wikipedia: Decapitation
- Hyperlinked article describing the capital punishment, also known as beheading, where a the victim's head is removed from the body.
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