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Catacombs in AlexandriaPictureseque Egypt Vol I (1878)

“By far the most magnificent portion [of Alexandria] was the Bruchium (granery, or height), bathed by the waters of the Great Harbour, and adjoining the oldest part of the city, namely, the original f [...]

Keywords: death, interiors, caves, catacombs, tombs, spooky, ancient egypt, greyscale

Places shown: Alexandria; Egypt

Added: 2006-02-10

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A Procession in the Catacomb of CallistusRome (1905)

Navigating the underground paths of the dead in Rome, carrying only a flickering torch to fend off the darkness! The note printed on the tissue-paper protecting this image reads: The nucleus of the gr [...]

Keywords: death, caves, people, roman remains, catacombs, interiors, colour, spooky

Places shown: Rome; Italy

Added: 2006-02-09

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The Catacombs of NaplesSouth by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877)

The Catacombs of Naples are of great interest even after those of Rome; they are said to extend for several miles underground; and they consist of broad arched passages hollowed out of the rock, conta [...]

Keywords: catacombs, death, interiors, tombs, roman remains, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Naples; Italy

Added: 2006-03-17

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Fig 36. — A staircase of the catacombsFabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

The Catacombs of Rome, said to have been used by early Christians to hide from persecution. Looking from within a tall tunnel with an arched roof towards the steps up and presumably out, into the ligh [...]

Keywords: catacombs, staircases, stairway to heaven, caves, corridors, graves, tombs, religion, christianity, roman remains, interiors, spooky, death, graveyards, tombs, greyscale

Places shown: Rome; Italy

Added: 2025-04-09

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Fig. 37. — Tunnel in the Catacombs of RomeFabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

A curving tunnel with an arched roof and rows of niches in the walls for burials. The Christians did not build the catacombs; they were an underground graveyard, sort of like a multi-story car park un [...]

Keywords: catacombs, tunnels, roman remains, graves, cemetaries, graveyards, tunnels, christianity, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-04-09

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Fig. 41.—Un loculus ouvert. (A loculus, or Roman tomb, open.)Fabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

The picture is showing a burial from the early Christian period, probably in Rome, in a catacomb. A rectangular tomb set into a wall, large enough for the dead occupant to lie down with a little head [...]

Keywords: tombs, burial, death, spooky, skeletons, bones, catacombs, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-12-17

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The Catacombs at PalermoSouth by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877)

At the end of a long dark corridor, lined with coffins, chests, skulls, and the standing dead, we see an archway, and, through the arch, an old man, a monk, standing in a pool of light. This is a very [...]

Keywords: catacombs, death, interiors, tombs, corridors, people, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Palermo; Sicily; Italy

Added: 2009-10-24

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