THESE ghoulish photographs show a 16th century Italian crypt that holds 8,000 corpses. The Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo, Sicily, Italy on January 2019 contains around 1,252 mummies, but is open to ...

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Palermo’s most famous citizens are very, very old. Underneath Sicily’s capital city, known for mafioso and stately Baroque churches, preserved corpses fill five subterranean limestone corridors and ...

Some of the children are so well preserved they look like "tiny little dolls." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The mummified and ...

Palermo, on Sicily’s northwestern coast, is a city rich in distinct cultural traditions—a result of centuries worth of influence from Romans, Phoenicians, Arabs, and Italians. A seaside town, Palermo ...

Palermo’s most famous citizens are very, very old. Underneath Sicily’s capital city, known for mafioso and stately Baroque churches, preserved corpses fill five subterranean limestone corridors and ...

The eerie Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo were constructed after the death of Silvestro of Gubbio, a famous 16th century monk. Four long limestone corridors underneath the Capuchin Church hold about ...

A team of scientists is trying to find out why dozens of children were mummified and buried in catacombs at a convent on the Italian island of Sicily. The first comprehensive study of the child ...

Spooky pics show The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, which holds 8,000 corpses and 1,252 mummies THESE ghoulish photographs show a 16th century Italian crypt that holds 8,000 corpses. The Capuchin ...

The eerie Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo were constructed after the death of Silvestro of Gubbio, a famous 16th century monk. Four long limestone corridors underneath the Capuchin Church hold about ...