When I visited I was fascinated by the work, the passion put into caring for all the bones. About half way through, as I paused to look at one of the sculptures, admiring one particular skull I was struck by the idea that this was once a person. They had a name, a family, a home somewhere not far. That these were all people. That spooked me a bit. But it made the history of Paris more personal, more real. Thank you! Wonderful video.
Thank you for the lovely stroll in the catacombs. I think the Paris ones are the best examples extant. I would not be disturbed o have my bones displayed, or even used creatively (once I’m done using them). My ideal choice would be human composting, so my body and bones could become life giving to other things. I think the catacombs are strangely beautiful and inspirational. Most of us today have not lived with this kind of magnitude of death, but it could so easily happen again that we should learn from our ancestors.🖤🇨🇦
Thanks for the video, I'd never be able to get there, also way too creepy for me. It's a very sad and sombre notion that so many people are forgotten to time in such a place. But since crematoriums, I don't think there will be any new arrivals. Maybe that's for the best.
Great video. The catacombs are really interesting. It's a deeply moving experience b/c you think about all these people. Who were they? What was their lives like? What time period did they live in? Were they happy? Where were they born b/c out 6mils people surely, not all of them were born in Paris. I would not like to be buried in a catacomb. I want to be buried in my family's cemetery. No, AirB&B should not have done the contest. It was disrespectful.
"Adventure seekers, the curious and the morbid"- AKA- good peeps. When I'm dead, I'm happy for my bones to be used for anything that serves some purpose and improves the lives of those still living. I personally like the idea of being part of some weird subterranean memento mori more than I like the idea of being ground up for fertiliser, but so long as what's left of me proves useful, that's the important thing. The idea of my lifeless husk being pointlessly maintained for decades in some hermetically sealed but ultimately useless 'eternal sleep' fantasy casket, beneath a manicured golf course cemetery dotted with identikit headstones nobody visits, is far more depressing to me than my last remnant being an anonymous skull gawped at by the occasional tourist.
Awesome, thank you! I do also talk about them briefly in my video about strange museums in Paris. :) Top Ten Strangest Museums in Paris - A Guided Museum Tour ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sXUiK6kBNPk.html
Another wonderful stroll. So informative even though I have been there twice! An underground city of the dead that reminds us all that life is fleeting. It is truly a fascinating place that can also flood if the Seine rises. Thank you so much. Your videos are always interesting!
OMMMMMGGGGG I wanna go on an unsanctioned tour!!!!! That would be so amazing! I love history, I love things macabre! As I pass my 55th year I see my demise as being ever closer. We are here for such a short time and we toil away just trying to survive... It is so sobering. I find it interesting that these bones are respected, but the dead of Waterloo, (1815), were simply ground up to make bread after they had been in the ground long enough to have become skeletonized. Great video!!! Hello from Oklahoma, where there is no history.... sad face
You have history in Oklahoma! But a lot of First Nations didn’t leave built history. That said, I understand the North American craving for old cities! Thanks for watching.
As for the question if I would want that... All I say is Hallstatt in Austria a small mountain village where the cemetery is so small that after 25 yrs your time is up you will be dug up and placed in a small charnel house with an elaborately painted skull.... The skull bears your name dob and dod.... Granted not so much done any more but in the past common knowledge and I think it is awesome
I would like to visit the Catacombs but this was a pretty good second, thank you! Claustrophobia and distance (I'm in Australia) prevents a visit in person. When I die why should I care what happens to the corporeal? I am not religious, so no I wouldn't mind my skeleton placed in something like this, or even ground up for fertiliser. so many skeletons, so many 'once' people, the size of the Paris catacomb is mind boggling.
I think we need a sort of revival of this kind of resting site. Land is at a premium and new cemeteries will be harder and harder to justify in built-up cities. Cremation reduces the amount of space taken up, but requires a pretty high amount of energy and releases pollution. Eco-burials and human composting still remain pretty limited and unfortunately controversial. But making a home, or empire, for the dead that is respectful, artistic and a solemn reminder that in death we are pretty equal is a decent solution. Especially since there are underground spaces unused in the forms of old mines, caves or defunct sewer systems.
I would absolutely love to have my skeletal remains on display for tourists to see. I don't see anything weird or disrespectful about it at all, but, I am not religious either, and that may have something to do with it. But then again, I am admittedly one of those individuals who loves the bizarre and macabre, and to be really honest, I have already died once in my current life, so I am already well aware of what happens when we die, and where we go. I am positive many people will find that last sentence rather disingenuous, but I assure you it is only the truth. I tend to be rather blatant and overly honest, and that can be both good and bad. I should probably just shut up and stop leaving weird comments that might possibly freak others out, eh? Lol, but I can't help myself! I get so excited over History, and this kind of History is my absolute favourite, as I have probably said in other comments many times over. I, for one, just love your channel, and look very forward to more. Thank you so much for sharing with us all, Jessica. You are a fabulous tour guide.
I could believe the story but why all over the world are human remains treated like ornaments? This makes no sense. Stack the remains yes but turn them into art! Seriously. Human farming comes to mind and like sheep we are just food
So interesting! I have friends who have visited, but all they could say was "Wow" too. Would I mind if my skeleton were on display like that? Not in the least!
