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Bookmark or Share- What’s an Ossuary? History & Purpose Explained | Cake BlogUsing an ossuary rather than a tomb or crypt allows the community to arrange the bones of the deceased into more elaborate forms. It also allows the public to view the skeletal remains indefinitely, in many cases, rather than tucking them away underground or in a casket.
- Bone Houses: A Definitive Guide to the World's OssuariesOssuaries—chambers for storing human bones—are commonly described as places founded to house skeletal remains when cemeteries were overcrowded and burial space was scarce. But to...
- Ossuary - WikipediaAn ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce. A body is first buried in a temporary grave, then after some years the skeletal remains are removed and placed in an ossuary ("os" is "bone" in Latin [1]).
- Ossuaries Around the World- Intriguing Bone Houses to VisitHere are some unique and eerie bone houses around the world you can visit, plus a brief explanation of what ossuaries are and how they came to be.
- Ossuary Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Websternoun. os· su· ary ˈä-shə-ˌwer-ē. -syə-, -sə- plural ossuaries. : a depository for the bones of the dead. Examples of ossuary in a Sentence.
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