Katakombu

Katakombu (kutoka neno la Kilatini catacombae) ni mahandaki yaliyotengenezwa chini ya ardhi kwa mazishi na kwa malengo ya kidini. Kwa namna ya pekee yanafikiriwa yale ya Dola la Roma.Other examples include a Neolithic long barrow, an Ancient Egyptian necropolis, or modern underground vaults such as the Catacombs of Paris. The word referred originally only to the Roman catacombs, but was extended by 1836 to refer to any subterranean receptacle of the dead. "Catacombs", Online Etymology Dictionary, accessed 10 July 2010.

Makatakombu yote ya Roma yalipatikana nje ya ngome ya mji, kwa sababu haikuruhusiwa kuzika ndani yake, yakiwapa Wakristo waliodhulumiwa na serikali mahali pa kufaa kwa kuheshimu wafiadini wao. Walikuwa wakikutana kusali katika nyumba za watu binafsi, au kwenye katakombu.

Katika mahandaki hayo inapatikana michoro ya ukutani ambayo ni kati ya kazi za kwanza za sanaa ya Kikristo.

Tanbihi

Marejeo
 Blyton, Enid "Five go to Smuggler's Top" Hodder and Stroughton (1945) ISBN 978-1-84456-678-5
 Éamonn Ó Carragáin, Carol L. Neuman de Vegvar Roma felix: formation and reflections of medieval Rome Ashgate (14 March 2008) ISBN 978-0-7546-6096-5 p. 33 
 Nicholson, Paul Thomas (2005) "The sacred animal necropolis at North Saqqara: the cults and their catacombs" In Salima Ikram (ed) Divine creatures: animal mummies in Ancient Egypt. American University in Cairo Press, 2005 pp. 44–71. ISBN 978-977-424-858-0

Viungo vya nje

The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian
The Catacombs of Naples
The Catacombs of Paris
Catacombs
The Catacombs of Saint Callist
Subterranean Britannica
The Catacombs of Lima, Peru 
Category:Historia ya Ukristo
Jamii:Roma ya Kale