Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Eight thousand corpses in varied states of decay inhabit the musty, ill-lit ...

Very little is known about more than 160 children interred in Sicily’s world-famous Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, and why their slight and often mummified bodies were placed there in the first ...

Here’s how it works. The mummified and skeletal remains of more than 160 children lie preserved in the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo in northern Sicily, and soon, scientists hope to uncover some ...

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 ...

The Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo, Sicily, Italy on January 2019 contains around 1,252 mummies, but is open to the public. The cemetery was first reserved for ecclesiastical workers before ...

Researchers are making efforts to unravel the mystery behind the lives and deaths of the mummified children in the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo in northern Sicily. Staffordshire University ...

The first ever comprehensive study of mummified children in Sicily’s famous Capuchin ... the underground cemetery of the Capuchin Convent in Palermo. The Catacombs contain the largest collection ...

Sicily is renowned for its stunning beaches ... site that is fast becoming a haven for dark tourism. The Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo houses a macabre collection of 1,100 mummies dating back ...

Palermo, on Sicily’s northwestern coast ... quite macabre—a place where the dead remain frozen in time. The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo (Catacombe dei Cappuccini in Italian) are located ...

Very little is known about more than 160 children interred in Sicily’s world-famous Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, and why their slight and often mummified bodies were placed there in the first ...

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 ...