Roman law forbade burying the dead above ground ... the catacombs were ransacked for their relics and remains. Once excavated, bones were taken to the Apostolic Society for authentication.

The pillar had been broken and scattered in the era after Roman occupation ... the second and third centuries A.D., and it ...

Comprising a contemporary museum and fully reconstructed Roman villa, the project is sited over excavated Roman remains originally discovered in the 1830s that remained undeveloped until 2015 when ...