Tales from the Crypt - Mummies of Palermo

The Palermo crypt holds secrets. Marco Lanza's photographs, shot from inside the crypt of Palermo cathedral, give life to the long-dead - the preserved and mummified remains of its citizens. From Renaissance times to the early part of the twentieth century, monks, nobles and their families, foreign kings and diplomats were mummified and entombed in the corridors beneath the Chiesa dei Cappuccini. The result is an unforgettable, fantastical and unsettling tale of life, death, faith and our macabre yearning for communication with those who have passed on.