A foul odor of decaying flesh permeated the air of this subterranean charnel chamber. |
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The dancing figures on the walls of the charnel house or the church were there to remind their audience that death was to be found everywhere. |
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Between them both sides lost half a million men and how many still lie buried in that charnel soil may never be known. |
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The elite were often buried in log-lined tombs within the charnel houses, accompanied by a selection of rich grave goods. |
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Long before those thirty seconds expired, however, the street had become a charnel house. |
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Undoubtedly the charnel features had many other meanings to the people who used them, ones that leave no archaeologically identifiable traces. |
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For the odours in these ghastly charnel houses there may be words in Lithuanian, but there are none in English. |
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The symbolic suitability of dark and dismal weather, however, is not the main reason Mary Shelley selected this particular month for the nativity of Victor's charnel creature. |
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The creation of a brand loyalty to a charnel encourages viewers to use the channel as a 'point of reference' for their viewing. |
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These charnel facilities consisted of a shallow limestone-lined pit, made from a single layer of horizontal slabs that were laid out on a prepared subsoil surface. |
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A charnel stench filled the air and made them recoil in disgust. |
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The burial rites involved placing the dead person in a charnel house made of wooden posts, burning it, and then constructing a mound over the top. |
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Without thought of where he was going, only knowing he had to get away, he ran off down the dirt driveway, away from the main road and the charnel house he had just vacated. |
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Körper is the first part of her triptych on this charnel envelope. |
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What they watch is a farce played out in a charnel house. |
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The place was a charnel house, of a macabre eeriness hard to describe. |
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In 1996, development of the cemetery grounds adjoining the former charnel house was completed with the construction of a ten-floor mausoleum, named in honour of Saint Marguerite d'Youville. |
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