Newly unveiled necropolis at Vatican - a 'Pompeii' of cemeteries for archaeologists.(Society)

From: Manila Bulletin | Date: October 30, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: FRANCES D'EMILIO

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Visitors to the Vatican will soon be able to descend into an ancient world of the dead, a newly unveiled necropolis that was a burial place for the rich and not-so-affluent during Roman imperial rule.

Vatican Museums officials and archaeologists gave a press tour of the necropolis, which was unearthed three years ago during construction of a parking lot.

One archaeologist said sculptures, engravings and other objects found entombed with the dead made the find a "little Pompeii" of cemeteries.

The burial places, ...

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