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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

At  1/14/2008 09:12 AM,Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:


> This was the way it was done in ancient times.  The dead were left in tombs
> for six months to a year during which time the flesh was eaten away.  The
> limestone container in which the dead reposed was called in Greek a 
> 'sarcophagus'
> that is 'flesh eater'.  Afterwards the bones were gathered up and put into a
> much smaller container (about the size of a bread box) called the 
> 'ossuary'  =
> 'bone box'.   The smaller ossuaries took up less space and the sarcophagus
> could be used over and over.

I just came across this 
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/page2401.html?theme=light millions 
of bones under Paris?
I did some more looking and it seems so...
http://itotd.com/articles/206/paris-catacombs/


Rob
becida AT comcast.net