The Midnight Archive - The Empire Of Death

EPISODE 06 : The Empire Of Death - Art In Human Bone -- The episode introduces us to Paul Koudounaris who traveled the world in search of ossuaries and charnel houses. He managed to find more than 70 of these wonderfully elaborate houses of death and photographed them for his book The Empire Of Death. Its a travelogue for the macabre and the curious - but - as a catholic with a great aapreciation for the veneration of the dead - i think its much more than that as Paul will explain. His book in not to be missed - it contains not only some of the most striking visuals, in some cases NEVER photographed, but contains some very interesting and in alot of cases hilarious anecdotes. A few of those anecdotes will be available on our facebook page this month as bonus material. For more information on Paul's travels or to purchase his book - visit - EMPIRE DE LA MORT, Paul's personal website.

Created By - Ronni Thomas - Exec. Producer - Ian Karr - Producer - Joanna Ebenstein - Cinematography - Jessica Gallant - Graphics - Jay Bones

[fusox]

I love this series too and recommend them to all my students. Wow! Keep doing more and making longer profiles about creative people.  Paul K is cool. I have exhibited my work with him.

[shaunclark]

WONDERFUL STUFF - REMINDS ME OF WHEN I WAS A KID - LOCAL BUILDING WORK RESULTED IN A ROMAN GRAVEYARD BEING DUG UP AND THE SKULLS WHERE PILED IN A HEAP; MY FATEHR ACTALLY BROUGHT TWO OF THEM HOME AND THEY WERE THERE (ONE NEXT TO MY BED AND THE OTHER ON A STAND IN THE LIVING ROOM) UNTILL THE MID 1980S WHEN THE LOCAL VICAR PERSUADED MY FOLKS TO HVE THEM RE-ENTERED...

[costamagis]

The word cemetery (from Greek κοιμητήριον, "sleeping place"and not German) implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term graveyard is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard.

[contactmarsha]

My only quibble with the Midnight Archive series is they're all far too brief.

If you enjoyed this episode, I cannot encourage you to buy the Empire of Death book more enthusiastically. I'm not affiliated except as a more-than-satisfied customer. The physical object is very high quality and a pleasure to hold, the photography is LUSH, the research seems solid, the writing is intelligent without being academic.

[ChenRuiQi]

this episodes are beautiful! did you make it yourself? \

[LauchX]

As annoying as this man is, this video is fascinating and I would buy his book in a second.

[LauchX]

@hamstergeisha76 Idk, I guess he must have just rubbed me the wrong way the first time I saw this. I watched the video again because I couldn't remember what you were responding to, and honestly he seems like a pretty cool guy. I guess he comes off a tad bit pretentious, but not in an overt, offensive way.