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Echoes of the dead: Inside Poland’s only Skull Chapel

From the outside, the Skull Chapel appears to be a modest, yellow-hued sanctuary. Photo: Mariusz Cieszewski via MSZ on Flickr.
From the outside, the Skull Chapel appears to be a modest, yellow-hued sanctuary. Photo: Mariusz Cieszewski via MSZ on Flickr.

The story of the Skull Chapel begins in 1776 with an unsettling discovery.