The Paris Exhumations of 1852

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The Paris exhumations at the time left behind mounds of fatty wax. Scientists coined this stuff a dipposir which means fat wax in Latin and an article was published in Scientific America on October 30th 1852 1852 that says there were corpses 20 meters deep turned to wax. The French are a people of fine sentiment and they certainly carried the quality to a charming point of reflection in receiving light from candles made out of the bodies of their fathers ah so if you feel like you can't hold a candle to your forefathers well this is one way to get out of their shadow let's lighten things up by talking about peril people had caving curiosities such as

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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