Catacombs Where Mystery and Death Still Linger

April27,2025

Beneath Paris lie the bones of over six million people, arranged in eerie artistic patterns.

Catacombs of Paris (France)

Mummified bodies, some still fully clothed, including the famously preserved little girl Rosalia Lombardo.

Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo (Italy)

Early Christian burial sites, where martyrs and popes were laid to rest amid secret symbols.

Roman Catacombs (Italy)

A labyrinthine network where bodies from WWII and revolutionary battles are said to rest, often undiscovered.

Odessa Catacombs (Ukraine)

Hidden under Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral, filled with the bones of plague victims.

St. Stephen’s Catacombs (Austria)

A blend of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman styles, with haunting carvings and mysterious mummies.

Kom el Shoqafa Catacombs (Egypt)

A recently rediscovered bone house, second only to Paris in the number of human remains stored.

Brno Ossuary (Czech Republic)

Beneath the San Francisco Monastery lie mass graves and intricate arrangements of human bones.

Catacombs of Lima (Peru)