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The mummies of the monastery: Church puts on display monks preserved with their robes and rosaries for hundreds of years

The unusual crypt is in Brno, Czech Republic Only two dozen of the nearly 200 original mummies remain after being buried centuries ago Monks and churchgoers are buried side by side in the crypt A monastery in the Czech Republic has a ghoulish secret for those willing to venture underground – two dozen corpses clutching rosaries are on display. The bodies in the Capuchin Crypt of the Holy Cross Church, […]