THE EMPIRE OF DEATH: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OSSUARIES AND CHARNEL HOUSES BY PAUL KOUDOUNARIS Cooperative This Birdwatching mug is a

This Birdwatching mug is a hoot and a half

the Clue Giver must lead the Guessers to identify Jacob Kowalski

These acrylic 12-sided dice are engraved with graphic results for a critical hit

and whoever has the fewest Indigestion tokens wins the game

When her bond is purchased by an enigmatic nobleman

THE EMPIRE OF DEATH: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF OSSUARIES AND CHARNEL HOUSES BY PAUL KOUDOUNARIS Cooperative This Birdwatching mug is aFrom bone fetishism in the ancient world to painted skulls in Austria and Bavaria: an unusual and compelling work of cultural history. It is sometimes said that death is the last taboo, but it was not always so. For centuries, religious establishments constructed decorated ossuaries and charnel houses that stand as masterpieces of art created from human bone. These unique structures have been pushed into the footnotes of history; they were part of a