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In the suburbs of the town of Kutna Hora, which located about 43 miles away from Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, you will find a church called the Church of All Saints that looks perfectly normal…from the outside. Once you go inside you discover why the church is called the Sedlec Ossuary or Church of Bones. In a chapel inside the church the bones of more than 40,000 people have been used as decorations for the walls forming things such a coat of arms or a magnificent chandelier. These bones are no imitations. Each of those craniums you see in the picture or the video below was a living human being a few hundred years ago. Some people find this objectionable, but where would you like your mortal remains to rest: inside some dark cold hole in the ground or as art on the walls of a church? What do you think? ***
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Laura Novak
11/12/2012 12:45:16 am
Wow, this is weird. Personally, I would prefer my remains to be scattered in the ocean/beach that I've loved since childhood. But what an interesting find you've given us here. How about you?
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At first I thought it would be neat to be up there on the chandelier. But then I imagined a descendant of mine telling his kid, "See that skull there on the top? That is your great, great, grandfather." and that felt a little weird, although the kid would probably think it's cool, LOL! Thanks for your comment Laura.
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