Every year yields more remains, which are often placed inside the ossuary's vaults.
Thirteen thousand crosses adorn the field in front of the ossuary, which holds roughly 130,000 unidentified remains brought in from the battlefield.
The ossuary is interesting with the methods of its construction.
The porch (1607) is topped by a gallery used as an ossuary.
During the initial investigation following the discovery of the main ossuary chamber within the cave, another tunnel containing three passageways was found.
It was a common practice to write the name of the deceased on the exterior of the ossuary.
The four cave niches contained twelve ossuaries, of which six had been disturbed by grave robbers.
The bones in the ossuary were of an elderly man.
