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#skeleton

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Why do we do weird things with human remains - like turn them into art, or line underground corridors with them, or worship them because we're told they belonged to a holy person once upon a time, or revere them because they belonged to our ancestors?

We'll look at this and much more at Writing the Occult: Relics on 10 May, including a special talk by Cat Irving about ossuaries and bones. Join us? 🧵⬇️

#skeleton : the bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal

- French: Squelette

- German: das Skelett

- Italian: scheletro

- Portuguese: esqueleto

- Spanish: esqueleto

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