What's the difference between bonehouse and ossuary?

Bonehouse


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Ossuary


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  • (n.) A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel house.

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  • (1) This 1.5km-long ossuary (still one of the French capital’s most profitable tourist attractions) is dwarfed by the city’s 300km of underground tunnels that are closed to the public.
  • (2) A fused pelvis and two specimens of fused vertebrae were found in an ossuary at Ein Gedi, Israel; they date from approximately 2000 years ago.
  • (3) He has spent three years touring ancient ossuaries, documenting seldom-seen artworks crafted from human bones .

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