Saturday, September 21, 2013
Dripping with gold and jewels
A relic hunter dubbed 'Indiana Bones' has lifted the
lid on a macabre collection of 400-year-old jewel-encrusted skeletons
unearthed in churches across Europe.
Art historian Paul
Koudounaris has hunted down and photographed dozens of gruesome
skeletons in some of the world's most secretive religious
establishments.
Incredibly, some of the skeletons, which took up
to five years to decorate, were even found hidden away in lock-ups and
containers.
They are now the subject of his latest book, which sheds light on the forgotten ornamented relics for the first time. (BNPS)
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