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 ...

Bodies of Christians were exhumed from the catacombs of Rome, or underground cemeteries. According to the Rome Museum, construction of the catacombs began in the 2nd century and lasted for ...

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?