The objects are indeed real – they are the centuries-old skeletal, human remains exhumed from Rome's underground catacombs.

These catacombs mark a definitive period in ancient Roman history: the gradual takeover of the Roman Empire by Christianity. Adhering to Roman law, the catacombs are located just outside of the ...

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." ...

About the same time as the persecution of Decius, middle of the third century, is also when we begin to get the Roman catacombs developing. Now, according to tradition, you know, the catacombs are ...

Beneath the streets of Rome lies a city of the dead known as the Catacombs—a labyrinth of ... Or were they felled by a deadly plague? In "Roman Catacomb Mystery," NOVA's forensic investigation ...

An ancient Roman scroll has been read for the first time since it was charred in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago, thanks to artificial intelligence and a high-powered X ...

In the 4th century, a remarkable series of decorated tombs were constructed in the cemetery of the Roman provincial town of Sopianae (modern Pécs). These are important both structurally and ...

The basement of the new tower is to be made into an exhibition space to display the Roman remains Plans to build a new tower block are to be revised to showcase a "monumental piece of London's ...