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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums19 Bejeweled Skeletons That’ll Blow Your Mind
http://www.buzzfeed.com/juliapugachevsky/jewel-encrusted-martyr-skeletons-thatll-blow-your-mind1. St. Maximus (Bürglen, Switzerland)
2. St. Konstantious (Rorschach, Switzerland)
3. Head relic of St. Deodatus (Roggenburg, Germany)
4. St. Vincentus (Stams, Austria)
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19 Bejeweled Skeletons That’ll Blow Your Mind (Original Post)
xchrom
Nov 2013
OP
Is it wrong of me to want one of these to be sitting on my couch in the living room? n/t
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2013
#4
Not really I thought having the head on a coffee table would be a great decoration
Arcanetrance
Nov 2013
#20
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)1. Hell, even one would have blown it. Totally creepy.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)2. Ah, catacomb saints
These are among my favorite features of baroque churches.
There was a lively trade in Rome pulling remains out of the catacombs, deeming them to be "Christian martyrs" and selling them to churches in need of relics.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)3. Wow. Ann Coulter's geneology in pictures.
How weird is that?
Triana
(22,666 posts)13. +1 n/t
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)4. Is it wrong of me to want one of these to be sitting on my couch in the living room? n/t
Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)20. Not really I thought having the head on a coffee table would be a great decoration
and also lead to great conversations
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)5. St. Konstantious looks like he is just lounging a bit
Pretty funny IMO, and a huge waste of money.
If someone isn't charging admission to gawk at that oddity, something is very seriously wrong.
JHB
(37,163 posts)9. Just chillin' for a weekend at Konstie's
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)6. The admins should give you a sternum warning about this!
Nah, I'm just ribbing you because I thought it would be humerus...
progressoid
(50,011 posts)8. ...
NBachers
(17,170 posts)10. Dry Bones - The Ames Brothers
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)11. That first one kinda looks like Sarah Palin.
Kingofalldems
(38,503 posts)12. St. Deodatus still has his eyes.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)14. I was kind of hoping those were glass...
...or something...
BainsBane
(53,112 posts)15. I'm so obsessed with jewelry
I don't even mind the skeletons.
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Brickbat
(19,339 posts)17. So, so awesome.
I saw one in person once. Monstrous and gorgeous at the same time.
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)18. They look krunk.
Chalis and everything.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)19. The Medical Examiner testified that they didn't have a thing to krink
They were stone kober when he got them.