ossuarium
ossuarium
a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead. Also called ossuary.
See also: Death
a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead. See also
death.
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References in periodicals archive
Local historian Marianito Luspo said Ermita Ruins functioned as an
ossuarium, a place or receptacle for skeletal remains.
This type of
ossuarium was the most common at all the Benuaq settlements.
The
ossuarium found at Athens produced a great number of coins, the latest of which were five solidi of Emperor Maurice (582-602) (Threpsiades 1971, pp.
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