Catacombs in Rome, 2nd century

The photo shows the underground cemeteries of Rome as they used to be until the 4th century. The photo shows a corridor in the oldest complex from the 2nd century in the Domitilla cemetery with burial chambers hewn into soft tuff stone in corridors that were 60 to 80 cm wide and 2-8 m high. This form of burial was already known to the Roman Jews and was adopted by the early Christians. The catacombs fell into oblivion in the Middle Ages and were rediscovered by chance in the 16th century

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Adopted Catacombs Cemeteries Chambers Chance Christianization Christians Corridor Corridors Hewn Lazio Oblivion Oldest Rediscovered Remnant Soft Tuff

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