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Let's Visit the Churches Made of Human Skulls

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Let's Visit the Churches Made of Human Skulls

Would you want your skeleton to be used as decoration and repentance-inspo? What if you were a 17th century Portuguese Catholic?

Destinations: Evora, Alcantarilha, and Faro

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***PRODUCTION CREDITS***

Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty
Producer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1)
Editor & Graphics: Andy Windak
Thumbnail: Landis Blair (@LandisBlair)
Bone Houses & Sardines Song performed by DARRENCORP (@darrencorp)

Thank you to our friend Dr. Paul Koudounaris for being so generous with his research and insight on charnel houses. Find him at @hexenkult on Instagram.

***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING***

Koudounaris, Dr. Paul
The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses
Thames & Hudson, 2011

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21 COMMENTS

  1. olá eu sou uma seguidora tua aqui no youtube eu sou portugesa eu gostai do teu trabalho em potugal mas em materia da morte nos temos muita coiza em lisboa as igrejas tão chaias no que dis respaito a morte que dava para ohtro epizodio👍👌

  2. I love Dr. Paul! He memorializes hit and run animal victims on his insta and it really makes you stop and think about life and death and the value of life. Also one hundred percent on board with the lecture idea, I personally would really enjoy the lecture but there are definitely people who need it (can't believe people graffiti other people's bones, like would you do that to your grandparents bones?? no!!!)

  3. You made my month with this death art is a passion of mine in college I would just get lost studying the images of these chaples.
    Also thank you for your creative inspiration you have inspired me to start a project on history that is becoming a whole thing I never thought possible before and has changed my life already

  4. Bold of one to assume I'd have any teeth left after death to be stolen by tourists. But even so, may it bring them good luck! I was raised Catholic, though as I've gotten older I attend mass less, and look back more of it as a story with a moral lesson to learn and shape from. But, the idea of my bones being part of the church, and a supporting element (even small) of a place that makes others feel safe, is comforting.

  5. "Imagine going to elementary school next to this." Me, in elementary school, obsessed with Egyptology wondering why I'm not making friends at my new school by telling classmates about the process of mumification "they pulled the brains out the nose, and put the heart in a jar!" : I could have been even weirder?

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