Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo~~
Mummies on the wall of the Capuchin Catacombs.
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Giza Necropolis~~
The Pyramids of Giza
The Great Sphinx
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Valley of the Kings~~
The tomb of King Tut in the Valley of the Kings
Tomb of Ramses III in Luxor, Valley of the Kings
Sarcophagus of the Pharaoh Merenptah in the KV8 tomb of the Valley of the Kings
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Catacombs of Paris~~
Catacombs of Paris. Bones from the former Magdalene cemetery, deposited in 1844 in the western ossuary (bone repository) and transferred to the catacombs in 1859.
Wall of bones in the Catacombs of Paris
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Westminster Abbey~~
Newton?s grave at Westminster Abbey
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Newgrange~~
Newgrange burial mound
The wall of Newgrange
The engraved slab in front of Newgrange?s entrance
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Tana Toraja~~
Toraja cave tombs with balconies, filled with tau tau
"In Tana Toraja, everything revolves around death. The graves can be very sophisticated yet sometimes, long after the coffins are destroyed by time, people gently place bones along natural cave ?racks?. Often, the bones are offered cigarettes or various offerings. This is supposed to prevent dead ancestors from bringing bad luck and otherwise making the lives of the living miserable."
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Terracota Army~~
Terracota army
Each face and pose of the Terracota army soldier is distinct from the others
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Sedlec Ossuary~~
Little would you suspect what lies inside...
Entrance to the Sedlec Ossuary
The chandelier at Sedlec Ossuary
The Schwarzenberg family?s coat of arms, done with at least one of every
bone in the body
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Taj Mahal~~
Taj Mahal from a distance
The Taj Mahal in Agra, India
The tombs of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
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City of the Dead in Northern Ossetia, Russia~~