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Khiva, Uzbekistan: a woman being stoned to death and a man being hanged. Wood engraving by J. Huyot after E. Bayard, 1878.

Irate women attack a man who has betrayed one of them; he defends himself by protecting his head. Engraving by P. da Colle after F. Maggiotto.

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Irate women attack a man who has betrayed one of them; he defends himself by protecting his head. Engraving by P. da Colle after F. Maggiotto.

Khiva, Uzbekistan: a woman being stoned to death and a man being hanged. Wood engraving by J. Huyot after E. Bayard, 1878.