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July 7, 2010
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liked Capela de Ossos Bone Chapel
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton
With its big windows and light-filled sanctuary, the ossuary in Faro may be one of the cheeriest buildings made of human bones you'll encounter. The inscription over the door reads “Stop here and... »
Ossuaries, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Annetta
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July 7, 2010
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July 6, 2010
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liked The Museum of Medieval Torture
Medieval Techniques with a Modern Conscience
Medieval torture devices and modern human rights abuses are not two things that are often mentioned within the same sentence. However, at the Medieval Criminal Museum in San Gimignano they go... »
Crime and Punishment | Edited by Nathan_Risinger and Kiri_the_Unicorn
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July 6, 2010
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commented on The Museum of Medieval Torture
I'm pretty sure that the Iron Maiden was a 19th century invention and wasn't actually used as a torture device...still a scary thought, though.
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July 6, 2010
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has been to Boston's Old Burying Grounds
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death
"Stay! thou this tomb that passeth by,
And think how soon that thou may'st die..."
The morbid imagery on the headstones in Boston's oldest cemeteries—such as skulls and crossed bones, winged... »
Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by Annetta and wythe
I'm pretty sure that the Iron Maiden was a 19th century invention and wasn't actually used as a torture device...still a scary thought, though.