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5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.

Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

These lesser-known Maltese catacombs date back over 1,700 years.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

A neo-Gothic temple in central Mexico featuring a labyrinthine network of crypts.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

A maze of underground tunnels beneath one of the most beautiful forts in Serbia.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

Climbing to the top of the cathedral's bell tower offers sweeping views of these medieval ruins.