[DOC] [TLE] Catacombs of Rome - Wikipedia [PAR] The Catacombs of Rome (Italian: Catacombe di Roma) are ancient catacombs, 
underground burial places under Rome, Italy, of which there are at least forty, 
some discovered only in recent decades. Though most famous for Christian 
burials, either in separate catacombs or ... The Christian catacombs are 
extremely important for the art history of Early... [DOC] [TLE] CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Early Roman Christian Cemeteries [PAR] The museum of the modern basilica contains some very ancient epitaphs from ... 
There was certainly a cemetery in early Christian times on or near the site of the 
... Cemetery of St. Callistus, one of the oldest underground burial-places of the 
Roman Christians. ... but I feared to offend the sacred remains of these pious 
ones). [DOC] [TLE] Roman Catacombs - Crystalinks [PAR] The Christian catacombs are extremely important for the art history of early ... 
There are at least 40 catacombs in and around Rome depictinghow burial for 
early Christians, ... The original Roman custom was cremation, after which the 
burnt remains ... of Rome's underground burial networks, and the only ones to 
still contain... [DOC] [TLE] Jewish and Christian Catacombs in Rome - Bible Odyssey [PAR] Rome is rightly famous for its catacombsunderground cemeteries of enormous 
size and filled with archaeological, artistic, and religious remains. ... the late 
sixteenth century, archaeological research into these sites continues, as they 
contain the ... evidence on the early Christian and Jewish communities of ancient 
Rome. [DOC] [TLE] "Catacombs, Christian" In: The Encyclopedia of Ancient History [PAR] Catacombs are large, underground cemeteries. The term ... nean early Christian 
cemetery of St. Sebastian ... have come to light in places such as Rome ... 
Remains of understudied and, ... one almost always encounters them around ... 
these individual monuments, the catacombs ... contain four or five loculi on top of 
one. [DOC] [TLE] Christian Cemeteries. - Bible Hub [PAR] The partiality shown by early Christians for underground cemeteries is due to two 
... This statement is corroborated by many passages in the Acts, such as xviii.15; 
... [147] These words contain the solemn recognition of the illegality of Christian 
..... The country around Rome having become insecure and deserted, it was... [DOC] [TLE] LacusCurtius  Rodolfo Lanciani  Pagan and Christian Rome ... [PAR] Dec 16, 2008 ... The partiality shown by early Christians for underground cemeteries is due to two 
... These early tombs, whether above or below ground, display a sense of ... This 
statement is corroborated by many passages in the Acts, such as ..... The country 
around Rome having become insecure and deserted, it was... [DOC] [TLE] 2015 November Roman catacombs | Edward Worth Library [PAR] In the early third century AD, this catacomb housed the remains of several 
bishops, ... to accommodate individuals who wanted to be buried near these 
early martyrs. ... The Christian and Jewish catacombs of underground Rome 
were used until the fifth ... Volume I contains multiple images of sarcophagi from 
cemeteries and... [DOC] [TLE] Early Christian catacombs - Leonard Victor Rutgers | Leonard Victor ... [PAR] The early Christian catacombs of Rome have always fascinated visitors and 
rightly so. They contain the oldest archaeological evidence bearing on early 
Christianity. ... Originally, such researchers were interested in the remains of 
early Christian ... What makes these underground cemeteries interesting from a 
historical... [DOC] [TLE] 7 of the World's Most Fascinating and Beautiful Catacombs [PAR] Jun 1, 2010 ... Note that while the world is full of underground passagewaysfrom the ... Early 
Christians modeled their burial practices on Jewish customs, although they ... 
had invaded Rome and began ransacking the tombs, so the remains of ... from 
the late 18th century, when overcrowded cemeteries around the city... [DOC] [TLE] Catacombs - Encyclopedia of Naples, Italy [PAR] Romans used both burial and cremation to dispose of human remains. ... 1 These 
Jewish tombs are the origin of the Christian catacombs. ... In the course of three 
hundred years of early Christianity in Rome, some fifty Christian ... are a large 
number of graves in the floor as well as in the walls near a martyr's

Question: These underground cemeteries around Rome contain the remains of many early Christians
Answer: catacombs