The history of the Paris catacombs, the city's underground tunnels of death home to over 6 million corpses By Elias Chavez OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/Getty Images Nov 26, 2023, 6:47 AM PT ...

The Catacombs span approximately 800 hectares under Paris. (Image: Getty) According to the attraction's official website, by the 1780s, Paris's cemeteries had become dangerously full.

Hidden beneath the streets of Paris is a labyrinth of tunnels with more than six million skeletons inside The last bones were put in the Catacombs in 1860 but the site was first opened to the ...

The Catacombs were first opened in the late 18th century when public health issues at Paris' cemeteries led authorities to move the skeletons to an underground site.

Inside Paris’ terrifying 120-mile maze of catacombs littered with 6 million bodies… and some explorers NEVER come out Scroll down to see what it looks like inside the horrifying maze of tunnels ...

Visitors to the Paris catacombs, consulting the all-important map, 20 meters below the surface. Our dispatch last month by Don Duncan, who travelled underground to meet the eccentrics, artists and ...

The Catacombs of Paris were built in the late 18th century to overcome the city's overflowing cemeteries. Today, the catacombs are home to the remains of more than six million people in a space ...

Hidden below the city’s surface, the Paris Catacombs house the remains of more than six million people in over 150 miles of underground tunnels.

Inside Paris’ terrifying 120-mile maze of catacombs littered with 6 million bodies… and some explorers NEVER come out Scroll down to see what it looks like inside the horrifying maze of tunnels ...