Ukrainian police and government officials have entered the catacombs of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, one of the most significant ...

The objects are indeed real – they are the centuries-old skeletal, human remains exhumed from Rome's underground catacombs. But Catholic church leaders falsely identified the elaborately ...

The Catacombs of Saint Callixtus, the largest of the underground networks, was the official cemetery of the Church of Rome in the 3rd century CE and contained over half a million Christian burials.

The grand scale of Biete Medhane Alem, above, believed to be the largest monolithic church in the world, is remarkable; Biete ...

Inaugurated in 1672, this baroque-style church named in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi is best known for the network of catacombs located underneath the chapel. The catacombs contain an ...

In the catacombs the Church is often represented as a woman in prayer, arms outstretched in the praying position. Like Christ who stretched out his arms on the cross, through him, with him ...

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As we darted through Addis Ababa’s morning rush hour, my jet lag couldn’t dull the energy of Ethiopia’s capital. Related ...

Beneath these architectural marvels lie catacombs and ceremonial passages ... (Nicole Evatt via AP) We began at Biete Medhane Alem, believed to be the largest monolithic church in the world according ...

It includes St. Peter's Church, Friedhof St. Peter (a cemetery), the oldest library in Austria and the oldest restaurant in central Europe. The cemetery's catacombs date to antiquity, and are ...