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.
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.
A team of scientists is trying to find out why dozens of children were mummified and buried in catacombs at a convent on the Italian island of Sicily. The first comprehensive study of the child ...
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 ...
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A team of scientists is trying to find out why dozens of children were mummified and buried in catacombs at a convent on the Italian island of Sicily. The first comprehensive study of the child ...
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.