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Decorative bone arrangements in the Catacombs of Paris.
PHOTO: OLIVIA HO
Olivia Ho
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PARIS – “Stop! Here lies the empire of death.”
So reads the sign emblazoned above the entrance to the ossuaries of the Paris Catacombs. Beyond it are macabre chambers packed with the bones of more than six million people.
