The objects are indeed real – they are the centuries-old skeletal, human remains exhumed from Rome's underground catacombs.

Probably there are a number of lost catacombs, too." The oldest tunnels date back to the first century. "The Jewish community in Rome built them as cemeteries. Christian catacombs came a century ...

Deep below the streets of Rome lie the ancient catacombs where early Christians buried their dead and sustained hope for eternal life. About the same time as the persecution of Decius, middle of ...

Here, half a million Christians were buried, including 16 popes — giving the burial area a fitting nickname, "The Little ...

Beneath the streets of Rome lies a city of the dead known as the Catacombs—a labyrinth of ... Could they be Christian martyrs massacred by the Emperor? Or were they felled by a deadly plague?