Adriano Morabito agrees. "We don't expect any great discovery from Roman catacombs. Early Christians didn't bury objects with the dead. As for now, we have only found inscriptions and human remains." ...

The renovation of a football pitch in Austria’s capital has led to the discovery of a Roman mass grave housing the remains of ...

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 ...

Skeletons adorned with luxurious jewels and lavish vestments were discovered in an underground ... human remains exhumed from Rome's underground catacombs. But Catholic church leaders falsely ...

Archaeologists in Naples, Italy, have shed new light on the lives of Roman gladiators after discovering a tomb for one of these ancient warriors that lay hidden for 2,000 years. The findings offer ...

Following extensive analysis, experts at the Vienna Museum revealed their findings on Wednesday, describing the discovery as a ... “Within the context of Roman acts of war, there are no ...