Crypt
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A crypt is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church, above ground within a cemetery’s mausoleum or a free-standing outdoor memorial tomb. It typically contains coffins, sarcophagi, or religious r
Visigothic crypt of Saint Antoninus Palencia Cathedral in Spain
A crypt in Wola Gułowska in Lublin Province, Poland
The 17th century crypt found in 1911 in the city of Pori, Finland
Crypt of Canterbury Cathedral, England
Ossuary
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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 where burial space is scarce. A body is first buried in
The limestone James Ossuary from the 1st century
Human remains on the walls and ceiling of Skull Chapel, Poland
A chandelier made of bones in Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic
Ossuary at the Gallipoli battlefield; contains the remains of French soldiers