Beneath a former vineyard lies a vast underground catacomb where Jewish people in Rome buried their dead nearly 2,000 years ago. While Rome has more than 40 Chris­tian catacombs, which attract ...

Rome’s Jewish catacombs will open to the public for the first time on Sunday as part of a campaign to highlight diverse cultural sites throughout Italy. While Rome’s many Christian underground burial ...

Soon, when Americans head to Rome, there will be a new archaeological treasure to check out among the city’s varied offerings — underground burial chambers containing the remains of Jews from the ...

ROME -- Beneath a former vineyard near the legendary Appian Way lies one of the Italian capital's untold secrets, a vast underground catacomb where Jews buried their dead nearly 2,000 years ago. While ...

The Roman catacombs are intricate labyrinths of burial chambers that were built roughly between the third and fifth century A.D. They are considered among the most important relics of early ...

Some of the most important relics in Christendom, the ancient catacombs in Rome, may not have been started as a Christian practice after all, a new study by Dutch researchers suggests. The finding, ...

Jewish catacombs under the ancient city of Rome, once thought to be copies of Christian burial sites, actually predate the Christian catacombs by at least a century, Dutch scientists say, suggesting ...

The Jewish catacombs in Rome were the subject of a lecture delivered here by Professor Lietzmann at the High School for Jewish Science. “The Jewish catacombs,” Prof. Lietzmann said, “are also of ...

ROME -- A Jewish catacomb in Rome predates its Christian counterparts by at least 100 years, indicating burial in the city's sprawling underground cemeteries may not have begun as a Christian practice ...

ROME (RNS) The catacombs are included in 20 cultural itineraries unveiled by Italy’s cultural minister to mark the pope's Jubilee Year of Mercy. ROME (RNS) Beneath a former vineyard near the legendary ...