Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed 4,600-year-old ‘well’ tomb and brick tombs, other burials and an ancient mummy in a Greco-Roman catacomb. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Close to the start of the ancient Appian Way in Rome is the earliest known underground cemetery in the city, a network of catacombs containing remains of early Christian believers, popes and martyrs.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Close to the start of the ancient Appian Way in Rome is the earliest known underground cemetery in the city, a network of catacombs containing remains of early Christian believers ...

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 the ...

Vix fama nota est, abditis Quam plena sanctis Roma sit; Quam dives urbauum solum gacrls Sepulchris tloreat. THE results of the investigations in the catacombs during the last three or four years have ...

Sifting through the sands of the Egyptian desert, archaeologists looked for the telltale signs of ancient ruins. One ancient “well” caught their attention — and turned out to be the entrance of a ...

Custodit Domin us omnia ossa eorum. Ps. xxxiii. 20. NOT quite two miles from the city-gate known as the Porta Pia, there stands, on the left hand of the Nomentan Way, the ancient, and, until lately, ...