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 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. The last bones were put in the ...