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Ossuaries An
ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to
serve as the
final resting place of
human skeletal remains. They are
frequently used...
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Sedlec Ossuary (Czech:
Kostnice v Sedlci; German: Sedletz-Beinhaus) is a
Roman Catholic...
- Brno
Ossuary (Czech: Brněnská kostnice) is an
underground ossuary in Brno,
Czech Republic. It was
rediscovered in 2001 in the
historical centre of the...
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Douaumont Ossuary (French:
Ossuaire de Douaumont) is a
memorial containing the
skeletal remains of
soldiers who died on the
battlefield during the...
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James Ossuary is a 1st-century
limestone box that was used for
containing the
bones of the dead. An
Aramaic inscription meaning "Jacob (James), son...
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Paris (French:
Catacombes de Paris, pronunciation) are
underground ossuaries in Paris, France,
which hold the
remains of more than six
million people...
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Caiaphas ossuary is one of
twelve ossuaries or bone boxes,
discovered in a
burial cave in
south Jerusalem in
November 1990, two of
which featured the...
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Miriam ossuary is a
decorated limestone ossuary from a tomb in the
Valley of Elah, Israel,
which bears an
inscription attributing it to "Miriam, the daughter...
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removed for
cremation and
returned to the
ossuary after the
incineration process. In the Père
Lachaise ossuary,
efforts are made to
store bones and ashes...
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Bernardino alle Ossa is a
church in Milan,
northern Italy, best
known for its
ossuary, a
small side
chapel decorated with
numerous human skulls and bones. In...
