The Capuchin Catacombs | Get Ready To Visit The Dead

The Capuchin Catacombs | Get Ready To Visit The Dead

The Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo, (also known as the crypt of the Capuchin Monastery or the cemetery of the Convent of the Capuchin Friars) has been described many ways…morbid, bone-chilling, disgusting, ghoulish, and even a macabre spectacle. And to some, it...
Eva Peron’s Body

Eva Peron’s Body

“Her body was such a powerful symbol that everybody tried to control it, I believe that this points to this country’s tendency toward necrophilia.”- Mr Martinez chairman of Latin American studies department at Rutgers University.                    ...
Rosalia Lombardo: The Mummy Who Blinks

Rosalia Lombardo: The Mummy Who Blinks

Rosalia Lombardo is known by many names; The World’s Most Beautiful Mummy, Sleeping Beauty, The Girl In The Glass Coffin and of course: The Best Preserved Mummy In The World. Rosalia meant the world to her family, especially her father who sought to preserve her...