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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first ever comprehensive study of mummified children in Sicily's famous burial catacombs in the city of Palermo is being led by Staffordshire University. The Capuchin Catacombs, which hold ...

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 ...

Dpedreroroson via Wikimedia Commons under CC SA 4.0 The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo in northern Sicily hold more than a thousand bodies, including those of 163 children. Now researchers are ...

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 ...

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 ...