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The Chambers of the Catacombs. Catacombs, by definition, are morbid and mournful chambers for the dead. They are not burial places, for there is no dignity in death. Catacombs are a city’s ossuary, a network of underground passageways filled with human bones, deposited and blessed with religious rites. Human-made, human-laid.  Paris has several ossuaries, andContinue reading “The Chambers of the Paris Catacombs”