In places only they knew, the cataphiles partied, staged performances, created art, took drugs ... and femurs in the Paris catacombs lies a chaos of bones. In the 18th and 19th centuries the ...

or in other words down into the Catacombs; for it is a curious fact, that at Paris the immortals go down and not up. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

Not every inch of Paris is as romantic as you think – in fact, the Catacombs are downright chilling. Prior to the creation of the Catacombs in the late 18th century, Parisians buried their dead ...

Workers at the historic catacombs of Paris are rebuilding a wall containing remains of martyrs from the French Revolution. The massive underground gravesite houses up to 7 million bodies ...

A spokesman for the Paris fire service said tracker dogs had helped them find the boys, aged 16 and 17, during a four-hour rescue effort. The catacombs are a network of burial chambers that ...