The gruesome photos show the Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo, which contain 8,000 corpses and 1,252 mummies.
These gruesome photos show a 16th-century Italian cave that held 8,000 corpses.
As of January 2019, the Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, contain about 1,252 mummies, but are open to the public.
The Capuchin Catacombs have become a formidable tourist attraction.
The cemetery was first reserved for church workers before other ranks accepted space
Palermo's Capuchin monastery outgrew its original burial ground in the 16th century, and religious priests began excavating the crypt beneath it.
In 1599, a priest mummified a priest named Silvestro of Gubbio and placed him in the catacombs.
The last burial took place in the 1920s, but the catacombs are now a museum run by priests, allowing people to come face-to-face with the dead.
Curious tourists are prohibited from taking photographs while wandering around the underground mausoleum.
The process of mummification is an ancient tradition with the catacombs of Sicily being the most prominent example.
Sicily is preparing to launch a research laboratory on mummification.
The rate of decomposition varies throughout the tombs – some mummies still had teeth, hair and skin, while others had broken bones.
People who wanted to be buried in the catacombs had to request a space before they died.
It was a sign of status to be displayed and the bodies would remain there as long as the family paid.
The cemetery was officially closed in 1880, with the last burial in the 1920s.
Halls are divided into men, women, virgins, priests, professionals and children
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