article_snippet: Around 200 skeletons have been unearthed under a Paris supermarket after workmen extending the shop's basement discovered a huge pile of bones.
article_snippet: Around 200 skeletons have been unearthed under the Paris Catacombs after workmen extending the shop's basement discovered a huge pile of bones .
article_snippet: The bodies, which were found found seven chambers containing around 20 skeletons each and a further chamber that had another 150.
article_snippet: Pascal Roy, store manager of the Monoprix supermarket said: 'Pascal Roy, store manager of the Monoprix supermarket figured there'd be a few bones there considering a few bones used to be the site of a cemetery, but Pascal Roy, store manager of the Monoprix supermarket didn't expect to find mass graves.'
article_snippet: But other experts have said The bodies, which were found might have been placed there when more than six-million corpses were moved to the Paris Catacombs from the city's cemeteries 200 years ago .
article_snippet: Above are skeletons 159, 157 and 162 .
article_snippet: The bodies, which were found were neatly stacked five deep in eight underground chambers.
article_snippet: Seven of eight underground chambers contained 20 skeletons and one contained more than 150 .
article_snippet: Experts said: 'The fact that 20 skeletons were so closely packed together in a mass grave suggests that 20 skeletons were the victims of an epidemic like the plague, which struck France throughout the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. 'a mass grave provides an excellent opportunity to learn about how death was managed and how funerary practices were carried out centuries ago.'
article_snippet: Isabelle Abadie, an archaeologist, added that it was particularly interesting because The bodies, which were found were not thrown into the graves, suggesting that The bodies, which were found might have been placed head to toe to save space.
article_snippet: It is thought the bodies might have been placed there after more than six-million corpses were moved to the Paris Catacombs from the city's cemeteries 200 years ago .
article_snippet: Experts said: 'The grave provides an excellent opportunity to learn about how death was managed and how funerary practices were carried out centuries ago' It is amazing to see the skeletons in their full form, with some of the only bones missing being the lower legs and feet .
highlights_snippet: Skeletons found under the Monoprix supermarket on Boulevard Sébastopol in Paris .
  