The limestone proved to be one side of a boxlike ossuary, similar to many found in that district, built to contain the thighbone of the deceased. Careful was Dr. Sukenik in his report of his find ...

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The church itself was built around 1400, but the history of the Sedlec Ossuary dates back even further – to 1278. According to legend, in the 13th century, a local monk spread soil from ...

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