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Jeremy Bentham's head is usually not on display, to prevent further deterioration.
mummies

Jeremy Bentham's Head Is Coming Out of Its Box and Under the Microscope

Scientists want to know if the forward-thinking philosopher had autism.
Natasha Frost October 3, 2017
A skeleton awakens! (1779)
31 days of halloween

The Gruesome History of Making Human Skeletons

From quicklime to boiling to bugs.
Sarah Laskow October 3, 2017
Permanently Closed
Madrid, Spain

The Giant of Extremadura

The lengthy skeleton of one of the tallest Spaniards of all time is on display in Madrid.
San Martino della Battaglia, Italy

Ossario di San Martino

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.
Ruysch, <em>Opera omnia anatomico-medico</em>.
science

The Two Best Dutch Anatomists of the 17th Century Hated Each Other

They had dramatically different ideas about how to depict dead bodies.
Sarah Laskow September 1, 2017
Mammoth skeleton at the centre.
Whitehorse, Yukon

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre

Home to a full cast of the largest woolly mammoth ever recovered in North America. 
The eternal lovers of Valdaro.
Mantua, Italy

Lovers of Valdaro

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.
Two Princes Staircase in the White Tower.
London, England

Two Princes Staircase

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.
One of the skeletons whose DNA contributed to the study.
genetics

Found: The DNA of Ancient Canaanites

What really happened to this Biblical people?
Sarah Laskow July 28, 2017
The skeletons were unusually large for their time.
cemeteries

Found: 5,000-Year-Old Skeletons of Very Tall People in China

They were giants for their time.
Sarah Laskow July 5, 2017
The Odd Fellows Home.
Liberty, Missouri

Odd Fellows Home

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
The mummies of eminent personalities from the 18th and 19th century.
Monopoli, Italy

Chiesa di Santa Maria del Suffragio detta del Purgatorio

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.
New Orleans, Louisiana

Museum of Death

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
Permanently Closed
Skeletons and skulls on display.
Orlando, Florida

Skeletons: Museum of Osteology

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.
Adelaide Helene Shelby's skeleton-based confession device.
crime and punishment

Would You Confess Your Criminal Misdeeds to This Skeleton?

Back in the 1920s, the inventor Helene Adelaide Shelby was pretty sure you would.
Cara Giaimo May 16, 2017
200-year-old skeleton of The King of All Whales
An Hải, Vietnam

Lang Tan Temple (Temple of the Whale)

Home to what locals claim is the largest whale skeleton in Southeast Asia, which is worshiped yearly.
The skeleton was found with a stone in his mouth.
cemeteries

Found: A Man Buried With a Stone in Place of His Tongue

It's the only such burial ever found in Roman Britain.
Sarah Laskow January 24, 2017
Row after row of skulls
Lima, Peru

The Room of 10,000 Ancient Skulls

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.