One of the most unusual and fascinating sites in Palermo has to be the Capuchin Monastery Catacombs.
Palermo's Capuchin monastery outgrew its original cemetery in the 16th century, and monks began to excavate crypts below it. In 1599, they mummified one of their members, the recently-deceased Brother Silvestro of Gubbio, and placed him in the catacombs.
Initially, the catacombs were intended only for deceased friars. However, in later centuries, it became a status symbol to be entombed in the Capuchin catacombs. In their wills, local luminaries would ask to be preserved in certain clothes or even have their clothes changed at regular intervals.
In 2015, a 6,000-year-old Stone Age burial of a woman with a baby cradled in her arm was discovered in the central Netherlands city of Nieuwegein. At the time, it was reported to be the oldest infant burial ever found in the Netherlands.