ROME — The earliest known icons of the Apostles Peter and Paul have been discovered in a catacomb under an eight-story modern office building in a working-class neighborhood of Rome, Vatican officials ...

Christian archaeology does not simply look at the past, he wrote, but it also speaks to all people in the present day.

ROME — The Internet’s largest search engine has created a digital map of two large catacombs in Rome, hoping to expose users to the historical sites’ beauty and spark curiosity to learn more about ...

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 ...

The Appian Way — Rome’s gateway to the East — was Europe’s first super highway and the wonder of its day. Built in 312 B.C., it connected Rome with Capua (near Naples), running in a straight line for ...

ROME – ROME (AP) — Twenty-first century laser technology has opened a window into the early days of the Catholic Church, guiding researchers through the dank, musty catacombs beneath Rome to a ...

Deep in the Roman catacombs lies a fresco that has baffled modern viewers: Jesus raising Lazarus with what looks like a magic ...

A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, ART, AND POLITICS. VOL. I.—MARCH, 1858.—NO. V. -parti elette Di Roma, che son state cimitero Alla milizia che Pietro seguette. PAHADISO, C. ix. “ROMA SOTTERRANEA,”—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 ...