For centuries, the bones of some six million people were buried in the catacombs beneath the city. Curators are trying to preserve and modernize the tunnels while maintaining the spooky ambience.
In Paris’s Catacombs, Can a Restoration Breathe New Life Into City’s Dead?
Originally reported by New York Times
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