This ground plan of Roman catacombs dates to 1897. These catacombs were originally quarries, some of which predate the founding of Rome (said to be 753 B.C.). They were said to be extended so that eventually all the seven hills of Roime were pierced by them. They are low dark corridors or vaulted halls excavated in the soft volcanic tufa and puzzolana, in the lateral walls of which apertures were made for the recpetion of corpses. In all there are some 40 Catacombs, each forming a network of galleries, usually intersectionm one another at right angles.The whole length of the Roman catacombs is form 500 to 550 miles is it is estimated that they contained fully 6 million bodies.
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This ground plan of Roman catacombs dates to 1897. These catacombs were originally quarries, some of which predate the founding of Rome (said to be 753 B.C.). They were said to be extended so that eventually all the seven hills of Roime were pierced by them. They are low dark corridors or vaulted halls excavated in the soft volcanic tufa and puzzolana, in the lateral walls of which apertures were made for the recpetion of corpses. In all there are some 40 Catacombs, each forming a network of galleries, usually intersectionm one another at right angles.The whole length of the Roman catacombs is form 500 to 550 miles is it is estimated that they contained fully 6 million bodies.

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