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Bookmark or Share- Catacombs - WikipediaAny chamber used as a burial place is considered a catacomb, although the word is most commonly associated with the Roman Empire. [1] [2]
- Catacombs of Rome - WikipediaA Eucharistic fresco, Catacomb of Callixtus. The Catacombs of Rome (Italian: Catacombe di Roma) are ancient catacombs, underground burial places in and around Rome, of which there are at least forty, some rediscovered since 1578, others even as late as the 1950s.
- Catacombs of Paris - WikipediaThe Catacombs of Paris (French: Catacombes de Paris, pronunciation ⓘ) are underground ossuaries in Paris, France, which hold the remains of more than six million people. [2]
- Rome's Ancient Catacombs | National GeographicRecently, Alfredo Barbagallo, an amateur archaeologist, claimed that the Holy Grail could be hidden in Rome, in the catacomb underneath the Basilica of San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, near the tomb of...
- Catacomb | History, Architecture & Significance | BritannicaCatacomb, subterranean cemetery composed of galleries or passages with side recesses for tombs. The term, of unknown origin, seems to have been applied first to the subterranean cemetery under the Basilica of San Sebastiano (located on the Appian Way near Rome), which was reputed to have been the
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