Skeletons in the Closet: The Ossuaries of Europe

Practical storage solution, morbid curiosity, or an important way to interact with the dead and contemplate our own mortality? Bones are the most enduring parts of our mortal remains, but the sheer quantity of people who have died in a culture where burial has dominated means that there have been too many bones to stay in the ground. Ideas about what to do with them have ranged from the simple to the astoundingly elaborate. This talk is extensively illustrated with the author’s own photos, and will take you on a journey across Europe that will encompass painted skulls and bejewelled skeletons, bone chandeliers and the six million people who lie beneath the streets of Paris.

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