Catacomb is a term that refers to a kind of grouped rooms that are underground and look like a branched chain. They can be both artificial and natural.
What were the catacombs used for
Most often, the catacomb is a creation of human hands. They are also called quarries.
These long narrow corridors in ancient times played the role of rooms for burials or religious rites. Using the side passages of the crypt, pagans, Saracens, Jews and Christians buried the dead there. To do this, they laid the body in a niche prepared in the wall, and covered it with slabs of marble or tiles. According to the inscription on the wall, one could find out who was in this burial.
The first Christians used them as a refuge, hiding from persecution and persecution. Subsequently, these places became popular with pilgrims from all over the world.
The oldest known quarries date back to the early second century. The explored catacomb is a “time machine” that reveals to us the traditions and cultural heritage of antiquity. It is from those found hereof artifacts, historians and archaeologists can learn about the era of the decline of Rome, learn about the first martyrs and saints of Christian doctrine, admire ancient frescoes and mosaics, read ancient inscriptions, and explore the attributes used during ancient rites.
Famous catacombs in world history
Catacomb is the unexplored secrets of the ancients. Among the most famous catacombs of the world, it should be noted the Roman, M altese, Susky (Tunisia), Znoymov (Czech Republic) catacombs, as well as Kom-el-Shukaf, located in Egypt.
I would especially like to mention the catacombs of Paris, because these winding caves have a length of up to 300 kilometers.
About 6 million people are buried in this place. The Parisians, building their city, took stones from here, and over time they turned a huge quarry into a large cemetery.
Modern tourists have the opportunity, while traveling, to plunge into the ancient world of history and try to unravel the secrets of our ancestors, visiting the most mysterious places on our planet - the catacombs.
