An ornate Portuguese chapel interior features a richly carved altar and walls covered in intricate blue and white tiles, with arched side chapels.

A hauntingly beautiful ossuary room, illuminated by a window, displays stacks of old, ornate wooden caskets covered in dust

Chapel exterior

Close up of casket

Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Saúde (Church Of Our Lady Of Health), Serpa, Portugal

Inside this Portuguese cemetery lies a Baroque gem. The old chapel had a gold-gilded altar and polychrome tiled walls. A small wooden door leads to a hidden ossuary, a place filled […]

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A vertical row of human skulls and long bones arranged artistically on a pillar inside the Sedlec Ossuary. Each skull is positioned above a pair of crossed bones against a weathered stone background.

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#SedlecOssuary in the #CzechRepublic contains the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people.

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Interior view of the Sedlec Ossuary ("Bone Church") in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic. A decorative urn crafted from human skeletal remains sits on a stone pedestal, framed by intricate garlands of skulls and femurs hanging against a weathered stone wall.

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One of the coolest places I've ever seen was the #SedlecOssuary ("#BoneChurch") in the #CzechRepublic.


#MementoMori #macabre #HumanSkull #HumanBones #SkullArt #Ossuary #BoneArt #weird #interesting #AtlasObscura #ThrowbackThursday #InterestingPlaces

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Our hero finds a banish spell on level 10. These start to appear just before the spectres and daemons, and are some characters' only means of dealing with those monsters. The banish spell is enlarged in the inset.

#Ossuary players with weak magical ability will rely on banish spells to banish the spectres and daemons who are immune to blade weapons. Get the game from cyningstan.itch.io/ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga #zxspectrum

Interior of an oval mausoleum, featuring curved walls lined with bronze niches, two antique carts, and a large arched doorway.

A vintage, ornate funeral trolley rests in the curved corridor of an oval mausoleum, with niches lining the walls.

A circular, three-level mausoleum interior features a domed skylight and wall niches

☠️ Oval Mausoleum. Cemitério de Agramonte, Porto, Portugal

A three-level oval mausoleum and a large central skylight that filters natural light through glass floor panels to the subterranean level.

Its walls are lined with repositories, a grand ossuary for […]

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A picture of skulls and bones from the Ossuary at the Church of St James in Brno, Czech Republic.

A picture of skulls and bones from the Ossuary at the Church of St James in Brno, Czech Republic.

A picture of skulls and bones from the Ossuary at the Church of St James in Brno, Czech Republic.

A picture of the Charon sculpture at the entrance of the Ossuary at the Church of St James in Brno, Czech Republic.

#MorbidMarch #MementoMori

Some of my pictures from the #Ossuary at the Church of St. James in #Brno, Czech Republic.
It was rediscovered in 2001 during an archaeological survey. It is the second largest ossuary in Europe.

This amulet on level 8 works well for intelligent characters, warding off blows from the monsters. It is enlarged in the inset.

The magic amulet appears in the mid levels of the #Ossuary. Its magical protection adds +2 to intelligence, and makes intelligence the stat for defence. This and the wand work well together. Download the game from cyningstan.itch.io/ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga #zxspectrum

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Hey! I Found One! Waddya Want Me To Do With It?

Throwback Friday #57 The Ossuary, Hythe (2013) The Ossuary at St Leonard's Church, Hythe (2013), photography by Phil Gomm

Beneath St Leonard’s Church in Hythe #Kent sits a small medieval #ossuary: neat stacks of skulls and long bones — an appropriate day trip on this #PhantomsFriday

When I can’t visualize sculpture in sketches sometimes I’ll make pinch sculptures- little clay sculptures without much detail to see how things fit together.

#art #Sculpture #Anatomy #Ossuary

On a dark gray background, white and green old-fashioned text reads: Decomposition is such a mess. Wouldn't it be nice if there were a place where you could simply put good, clean bones? The Columbarium. deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter

In tomorrow's edition of The Columbarium: Ossuaries. You can put your bones there. Sign up (for the newsletter, not for an ossuary): deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter

#newsletter #deathpositive #ossuary #bones #skeleton #burial #funeral #deatheducation

Back on level 1 our hero found a wand. This is useful for characters whose intelligence is greater than their attack strength. The wand is enlarged in the inset.

Characters with more brains than brawn will want to seek out the magic wand on the first level of the #Ossuary. It adds +2 to intelligence, *and* makes intelligence the stat for attacks. Get the game at cyningstan.itch.io/ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga #zxspectrum

On level 10 we see the most powerful blade weapon of all, the battleaxe, which is enlarged in the inset.

The battleaxe is the largest blade in the #Ossuary, useful for combat against more powerful monsters with its +6 bonus on attack strength. cyningstan.itch.io/ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga #zxspectrum

Our hero finds an iron shield on level 8, which will upgrade their ability to block attacks. The shield is enlarged in the inset.

The iron shield adds a +4 bonus to your defence state, parrying blows from the more powerful monsters in the #Ossuary. cyningstan.itch.io/ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga #zxspectrum

On level 5 our hero encounters a sword, which is a welcome upgrade from the dagger. The sword is enlarged in the inset.

As monsters get more powerful in the deeper levels of the #Ossuary, you'll need the sword, as it adds +4 to your attack strength. Available at cyningstan.itch.io/ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga #zxspectrum

A marker, graphite, and paint pen drawing of four human skulls in a diamond configuration with two leg bones crossed between them, and the ends of more bones visible in the center. The background is a dark brown circle on a loose grey square made with marker pens. This is referenced from a place in the Paris Catacombs, unknown photographer, 1851, Science History Images.

#postaday2026 #artsky #blueskyart #bskyart #art #skulls #skull #ossuary #chronicmigraine

The head stabby place for my migraines forgot the extra stabby I need, so it has worn off a month early. The headache is ongoing, it keeps ramping up into migraines. So skulls are on my mind.

The first potion is encountered on level 1. Earlier levels each have a single potion, while later levels might have two. The potion is enlarged in the inset.

A potion will restore all your hit points. Rare in the earlier levels of the #Ossuary, so use with care. Get the game from cyningstan.itch.io/ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga #zxspectrum

On level 3 our hero encounters a wooden shield, so they can start to block some of the attacks from the monsters. The shield is enlarged in the inset.

The wooden shield is the first sheild you'll come across in #Ossuary for #msdos or #zxspectrum. It adds a +2 bonus to your defence stat, helping protect you from harm. cyningstan.itch.io/ossuary #ibmpc #cga

On level 2 our hero has taken a few hits, so this apple will be a refreshing and healing snack. The apple is enlarged in the inset.

As you journey through #Ossuary, you will see many an apple. This humble fruit will restore four hit points, a refreshing reward after an arduous fight. Download the game from cyningstan.itch.io/ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga #zxspectrum

Band: Scorching Tomb
Album: Ossuary
Year: 2025
Genre: Death Metal
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On level 1 our hero finds their first weapon, a dagger, which is enlarged in the inset.

The dagger is the most basic of blade weapons in #Ossuary. You will find one on the first level if you trouble to look. It adds +2 to your attack strength. Ossuary is available from cyningstan.itch.io/ossuary for #ibmpc #msdos #cga and the #zxspectrum

Our hero is on level 6, where they can find pouches containing 20 gold, and caskets containing 50 gold. Both are enlarged in the insets at the bottom.

In the coming weeks I'll detail the treasures that you will find in the #Ossuary, and how they can help you. First, gold is what you're there for. Collect as much as you can in your descent. You can download and play Ossuary at cyningstan.itch.io/ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga #zxspectrum

An ossuary in the #Saint-HilaireCemetery in Marville, France. The #ossuary is a charnel house containing the bones and skulls of over 40,000 exhumed people.
#MementoMori #Death #taphophile

TERRACOTTA LARNAX, 1400-1200 BCE, FROM CRETE. BRITISH MUSEUM This terracotta ossuary has rounded loop handles on both lid and box, and shows decoration in black paint that can still be barely made out. The front of the box (and presumably the back) has two recessed panels with quatrefoil and scale designs, while the lid has a pattern of tentacles. This comes from a British excavation at Rousolakkos, a Bronze Age city on the coast of Palaikastro near Mount Dicte, the legendary birthplace of Zeus. The larnax comes from toward the very end of the Bronze Age in Crete, when the island was ruled by Mycenaean Greeks facing the invading Sea Peoples, who would close out the period in chaos and destruction.

#SarcophagusSaturday at the #BritishMuseum surprises us with quite the little collection of #Minoan funerary furniture, like this terracotta #larnax or #ossuary from 1400-1200 BCE, found at Palaikastro in northeastern #Crete. This one has traces of painted decoration. #AncientBluesky 🏺

Spray painted skull ☠️💀☠️
Based on a photo I took at the Hythe ossuary — the wonky jaw made this one such a fun piece to paint. Definitely need to visit again soon.

#skullart #spraypaintart #ossuary #hythe #altart #oddities

The cassette inlay for the ZX Spectrum version of Ossuary. The front features one of the gargoyle faces from the game graphics, inexpertly enlarged. Seriously, on the in-game title screen, it looks more like a teddy bear. The rear of the cassette inlay has a gameplay screenshot.

#Ossuary was designed around the limitations of the 16kb Sinclair #ZXSpectrum. The #msdos version is a straight port of the Speccy version, hence the simplicity. Currently both versions are available from the same Itch project page, but I may separate them in the future. cyningstan.itch.io/ossuary

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Keen-eyed viewers might notice that this is a different hero from the earlier posts in this series; it seems that using the wand to fight daemons was a fatal mistake. This new hero has an intelligence of 11, however, so the wand and amulet are the best combination both for daemons, and for the necromancer who is enlarged here in the inset. Note how the inventory is full of potions, many of which will be needed for the final battle with the necromancer.

The Necromancer is the final enemy in #Ossuary. He is the cause of all the chaos you've battled through. If you kill him, then you will keep your gold... and your life! You can download the game from cyningstan.itch.io/ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga