June242012

theoddmentemporium:

JEWELLED SKELETONS, 1600S:

‘Taken from the catacombs of Rome in the 17th century, the relics of twelve martyred saints were then attired in the regalia of the period before being interred in a remote church on the German/Czech border.’

Immortal, Toby de Silva

MORE + AN INFORMATIVE ARTICLE.

(via archaeologistsdontdigdinosaurs)

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