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Cursed Be He That Moves My BonesRead the article this discussion is about
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» AnneWatkins - Thanks for the follow up! Fascinating information and the links you provided were excellent. I've heard of charnel houses but had never read much about them--and your work explained the questions I had after that *other* article. Great job! Anne -- posted by AnneWatkins » kcruver - I had no idea I'd never heard of those bone houses before, but I guess it makes sense. We'd have run out of burial space a long time ago if there wasn't some sort of reuse system! I was especially interested to hear about how deep Shakespeare was buried. That sounds like it was a heck of a lot of digging.Very interesting article. -- posted by kcruver » Scribe4u - dem bones, dem bones... I've not read about charnal houses but I have wondered about old burial sites that are now industrial parks; what happened to those bones?In the late 1970's there was a horrific rainstorm that lasted what seemed like 40 days and 40 nights. This was in Southern California and there was much flooding. Part of the damage from the flooding was a cemetary was undermined and coffins and bones were floating down the streets. It was never highly publicized and I was privvy to the info because I knew a Los Angeles police officer who was on duty that night. Sly Shakespeare... -- posted by Scribe4u » swest - An Interesting Example A recent news story said that scientists were unable to determine the cause of a certain famous person's death. I can't remember if it was Mozart or who it was, but the reason they couldn't was because they couldn't find the man's bones. When they reused his grave plot, the bones were lost.-- posted by swest » ravenfairie - bones bones everywhere I just read this article and had to post my little bit of knowledge about bones. When I was in Paris a number of years ago a couple of my friends went on this tour of some tunnels underneath the city. All of the walls were lined with bone and skulls of people that died in the french revolution. It took them over an hour to walk thru these tunnels which were floor to ceiling bones.I can't remember what the tour was called, or where exactly the tour started in the city, but it sounded pretty creepy. I guess that when they started digging up the mass graves from that time they figured making a tourist attraction was a good use for the bones. Just my two cents, -- posted by ravenfairie » swest - Thanks! Thanks, Anne, for visiting and adding to this discussion. I went on a tour, too, like that years ago, only mine was in Rome. These tunnels are called "catacombs" and have a lot of history behind them. Perhaps I should write an article on them? I'll add it to the list.-- posted by swest
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