The Vatican is now making it easier for members of the general public to visit the Vatican Necropolis, a Roman burial ground located a few feet beneath St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The more than ...

The Vatican Museums has newly opened to the public an ancient necropolis stocked with carved marble sarcophagi and bone-filled open graves of everyday ancient Romans. The word necropolis comes from ...

In the past, tours of the ancient burial site were generally only granted to approved academics, students and other specialists. The Vatican is now making it easier for members of the general public ...

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