The Famous Catacombs

These are on four levels -all underground - and contains the Crypt of the Popes and the Crypt of Santa Cecilia

The driveway onto the site	The cypress trees along the walk	The visitor's center
A rather pretty garden on the site	An orange tree - a treat for me!	Our English speaking guide
Down we go - four levels	Crypt of the Popes	The guide explaining a few things to Ethan
Some of the archive	Ethan checking out a statue of an inhabitant of the catacomb	Original wall paintings
Some rough-cut graves	The first known Christian paintings - behind an insulated glass window that was fogged.	A close-up of the painting
Clay lamps found in the catacomb	Some artifacts	More tombs - death rate of infants was more than 55% in those days
More artifacts	Our group walking along THE APPIAN WAY! I can't tell you how it felt to walk along this historic road! How neat is that!	A house along the Appian way, complete with orange trees!