Empire de la Mort
Photographs of charnel houses and ossuaries by Paul Koudounaris
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Ossuaries & Charnels
Sinai, Egypt charnel at St. Catherine’s Monastery
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pkoudounaris
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Published
April 27, 2011
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Sedlec, Czech Rep. (near Kutna Hora) Sedlec Ossuary (Kostnice)
Stans, Switzerland charnel (Karner)
Sinai, Egypt charnel at St. Catherine’s Monastery
Discussed in the first chapter of the book. Site of great historic importance–the oldest surviving Christian ossuary, and perhaps the first of them.
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