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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...
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ossuary protected as a
cemetery in Canada. The
ossuary/cemetery
covers an area of 0.342
hectares (0.85 acres) and is
shaped as a mound. The
ossuary was...
- The
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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Caiaphas ossuary is one of
twelve ossuaries or bone boxes,
discovered in a
burial cave in
south Jerusalem in
December 1990, two of
which featured 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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Paris (French:
Catacombes de Paris, pronunciation) are
underground ossuaries in Paris, France,
which hold the
remains of more than six
million people...
- Brno
Ossuary (Czech: Brněnská kostnice) is an
underground ossuary in Brno,
Czech Republic. It was
rediscovered in 2001 in the
historical centre of the...
- an
ornate limestone ossuary while paving a road in the
Peace Forest south of the Abu Tor
neighborhood of Jerusalem. This
ossuary appeared authentic and...
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states that ten
ossuaries were
found in the cave, of
which six are the
subject of the film. Further, it
claims that one of the ten
ossuaries went missing...
