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Ossuaries An
ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to
serve as the
final resting place of
human skeletal remains. They are
frequently used...
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James Ossuary measures 50.5 by 25 by 30.5
centimetres (19.9 in × 9.8 in × 12.0 in),
which is
slightly smaller than
average compared to
other ossuaries of...
- body
could be laid out for entombment. The
ossuaries were
found within the shafts. Ten
limestone ossuaries were found, with six of them
bearing epigraphs...
- 15°17′18″E / 49.96194°N 15.28833°E / 49.96194; 15.28833 The
Sedlec Ossuary (Czech:
Kostnice v Sedlci; German: Sedletz-Beinhaus) is a
Roman Catholic...
- Brno
Ossuary (Czech: Brněnská kostnice) is an
underground ossuary in Brno,
Czech Republic. It was
rediscovered in 2001 in the
historical centre of the...
- The
Douaumont Ossuary (French:
Ossuaire de Douaumont) is a
memorial containing the
skeletal remains of
soldiers who died on the
battlefield during the...
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Caiaphas ossuary is one of
twelve ossuaries or bone boxes,
discovered in a
burial cave in
south Jerusalem in
November 1990, two of
which featured the...
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script is formal, in a
style common in
ossuary inscriptions of the late
Second Temple period.
Similar ossuaries were
found in the
Jerusalem area from the...
- the
evolution of
ossuaries and the
variation between different affiliated groups,
including contemporaneous ones. The
Moatfield ossuary was
discovered in...
- of
Paris (French:
Catacombes de Paris, pronunciation) are
underground ossuaries in Paris, France,
which hold the
remains of more than six
million people...
