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

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 ...

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 ...

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

The Catacombs of Saint Callixtus, the largest of the underground networks, was the official cemetery of the Church of Rome in the 3rd century CE and contained over half a million Christian burials.