8,000 Bodies, 850 Mummies, and a Girl Who Looks Like She’s Only Sleeping: The Most Unsettling Catacombs in Palermo

An underground cemetery with 8,000 bodies, a lost embalming formula, and a mummy that appears to breathe: all of it hidden beneath Palermo.
Mount Etna Just Got Reclassified — and It Changes Volcano Science Forever

Mount Etna has stumped scientists for decades — now they finally know why it’s like nothing else on Earth.
The Dark Legend of the Abbey of Thelema in Sicily

The day Sicily witnessed the most disturbing cult of the 20th century.