Reddit reviews The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses
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Thames Hudson
It might makes sense if you read the book.
I'm glad you asked that. I have a couple of wonderful books with photos.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heavenly-Bodies-Treasures-Spectacular-Catacombs/dp/0500251959/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Empire-Death-Cultural-Ossuaries/dp/0500251789/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y
The best ones I have seen myself were in Italy and The Czech Republic.
Excuse the shitty site, but it has some detail about the purported history of the skull, which is venerated as that of Mary Magdalene:
http://www.magdalenepublishing.org/about/
Book recommendation: The Empire Of Death by Paul Koudounaris
It's an oversized book with 100's of color pictures of just this sort of thing (but this pic would be tame compared to most in there). I have a copy on my coffee table. Great conversation starter at cocktail parties.
There is a new-ish book out on ossuaries, mostly pictures:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Empire-Death-Cultural-Ossuaries/dp/0500251789
Allow me to recommend the book Empire of Death, or just a Google image search for "gilded skeleton relic". This is one of those places where the real world has already gone so hard and so weird that it legit seems like a fantasy setting.