The History of the Catacombs

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There are signs that say in emoji essentially no touchy bones now what about underground on screen patrons Megan Duffy Sydney tubes Chelsea Victoria Turner Dorian Gray even Sarah Meaden James Nance and Riley Allison all want to know what about movies. That's one of the things that makes the creation of the catacombs so fascinating I mean people were complaining about the cemetery being over full for forever right like every couple generations but it's not until the end of the 18th century that they decide to create the catacomb.

Let’s get spooky. Venture below Parisian streets and into the catacombs: hundreds of miles of subterranean tunnels housing millions of human skeletons, some fashioned into sculpture. Alie tracked down Dr. Erin-Marie Legacey – author of “Making Space for the Dead,” professor of French history and one of the world’s foremost experts on this eerie place. We chat about everything from miasmas to sinkholes, boggling cemetery history, smells, skulls, hidden chambers, (very) underground parties, and how we view our bodies post-life. Also: Alie takes a trip to see them herself.

Dr. Legacy’s book, “Making Space for the Dead: Catacombs, Cemeteries, and the Reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830” on Bookshop.org and Amazon

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