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The City Beneath Paris
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Creepy DiscoveriesMay 16, 2026

The City Beneath Paris

The City Beneath Paris Starting in 1786, Paris had a problem. Overflowing cemeteries spread disease. So workers moved the dead at night. Bones traveled by cart into old limestone quarries. Six million skeletons now line the walls. Skulls and femurs stacked into patterns. Tourists walk through 1.5 kilometers of them daily.

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