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The days of siege are over – rebels have decided to infiltrate Pogoren and engage the occupying forces in the last desperate attempt to take over the city

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THE EMPIRE OF DEATH: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OSSUARIES AND CHARNEL HOUSES BY PAUL KOUDOUNARIS Cooperative Your courageFrom bone fetishism in the ancient world to painted skulls in Austria and Bavaria: an unusual and compelling work of cultural history. It is sometimes said that death is the last taboo, but it was not always so. For centuries, religious establishments constructed decorated ossuaries and charnel houses that stand as masterpieces of art created from human bone. These unique structures have been pushed into the footnotes of history; they were part of a