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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Very little is known about more than 160 children interred in Sicily’s world-famous Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, and why their ...

The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo display approximately 1,284 bodies — 163 of which are children. Researchers at Staffordshire University in England will use X-rays to examine the juvenile mummies.

Today, in places you may not have known but now feel the need to visit at least once in your life, we’re going to take a look at the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo. As its name suggests, this site is ...

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The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo serve as both a macabre tourist attraction as well as an extraordinary record of history. Today the catacombs are lined with around 8,000 mummies, often hung like ...

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Sicily is home to an astonishing burial site that is fast becoming a haven for dark tourism. Sicily is renowned for its stunning beaches, charming villages and towns, as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo display approximately 1,284 bodies — 163 of which are children. Researchers at Staffordshire ...

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 place.