Catacombs

and therefore archeologist find underground burial tunnels in Egypt, Greece and many other

Mediterranean lands. Catacombs were mostly built for memorial services and internment

of the dead"(Catacombs1). There were a lot of uses for catacombs such as burial, celebration

of martyrs, and celebration of the deceased persons of each family.

There were two types of people who used the catacombs as burial grounds for

their dead. “When Christianity was being preached in Rome by Peter and Paul, there already

there already existed in the pagan and Jewish catacombs”(History1) The Romans Catholics

used cremation at first then switched over to the underground burial. Then the Christians

followed shortly after the Roman Catholics. The Christians did not follow pagan customs

because it involved cremation. The Christians preferred burial, just as Christ was. They felt they

had to respect the bodies that one day would rise from the dead. “Over the years there were

as much as sixty catacombs found near and in Rome. There were approximately one million Christian tombs discovered alone.” (History 1)

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