| 单词 | catacomb |
| 例句 | Somewhere in there the poor old high school teacher, Edgar Derby, was caught with a teapot he had taken from the catacombs. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, but back when the Christians hid from the Romans down in the catacombs, they used to scratch pictures of bees on the walls. To remind each other that when they died they’d be resurrected.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z That they live in the catacombs under her great castle in the forest and operate her fell machines and stir her great cauldrons and do her bidding from morning till night. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Other than his eyes, he has no more color to him than the translucent spiders that lurk in Serra’s catacombs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The hovercraft lands and Cinna and I go back to the ladder, only this time it leads down into a tube underground, into the catacombs that lie beneath the arena. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I’ve heard rumors of Scholar thieves lurking in the catacombs, popping through grates to grab, raid, and usually kill whoever is nearby before dropping back into their lair. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z There were several attics, leading out of one another, through little, narrow arches, like catacombs. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z No one uses the crypts for burial anymore, and even the Empire hasn’t mapped out the catacombs entirely. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The catacombs are tomb-black, but I know where we are: in a burial chamber that hasn’t been patrolled in years. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z For a time, sunshine trickles into the tunnels through the catacomb grates, weakly lighting the floor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Their loop had been raided, they explained in their strange and broken way, but they’d managed to escape into the catacombs and hide among the bones. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We make our way north and east through the catacombs, stopping only to avoid passing Martial patrols. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I scrub my hands and feet clean, wincing as the tanroot sinks into the scrapes I picked up in the catacombs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They found no Gobblers, but the catacombs under the oratory kept Lyra and Roger busy for days. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I keep quiet and lean against the catacomb wall, arms crossed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “You were seen entering the catacombs last night after curfew”—the Mask almost sounds bored—“in the company of known Scholar rebels.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We race through the catacombs, Keenan ahead of me, Sana at my heels. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I think back to the first time I noticed her acting strange: the morning she found me in the catacombs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Like all grates in the Quarter, it leads down into the Serra’s catacombs: home to skeletons, ghosts, rats, thieves...and possibly the Scholars’ Resistance. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The passageway that leads from below my hearth into Serra's catacombs pulses at the edge of my vision. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Seconds later, she drops from my tunnel into the catacombs with a startled yelp. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The Andromedans defeat the Bloodhounds in record time, their world set in a maze of fiery catacombs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The catacombs have swallowed me as a python swallows a mouse. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She marveled over how he’d been shot through with arrows and left for dead, how he’d survived his murder only to be beaten to death by the Roman Emperor’s soldiers and buried in the catacombs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The catacombs were much larger than the wine cellars, but they too had a limit. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There was an immense sighing and moaning, like a subterranean bellows breathing in the lost catacombs. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I wait, frozen, but the catacombs fall silent again. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “There’s a whole gang of us down your well, in the catacomb tunnel,” Emma said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I shoved my hands under my thighs and sat up, trying to picture catacombs, whatever they were. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t see. They blindfolded me. We were in the catacombs.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They told of the places they had been, which mostly seemed to be catacombs and plague-pits. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Sing Sing at night felt like a catacomb. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And he led Garrett down into the floor, through numerous passages and down again upon spiral stairs into the earth, into the catacombs. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z My final dressing and preparations will be alone in the catacombs under the arena itself. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I used the catacomb fish symbol *=> to mark the days. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And two more months to map out the route through the catacombs and out of the city. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I must have been in the catacombs for nearly a day. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Been spending a lot of time down in the catacombs too.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His tracks zigzag like a struck deer's in the dust of Serra's catacombs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We bolted through the catacombs, Emma’s fire casting manic shadows across the walls, the blind boys clicking loudly with their tongues and shouting out “Left!” or “Right!” when we came to splits in the tunnel. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was like wandering through the catacombs of memory. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Go for a month, rewatch the Games, tour the catacombs, visit the sites where the deaths took place. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z First thing in the morning she hastened down to the catacombs and restored the daemon-coins to their rightful places, and whispered “Sorry! Sorry!” to the skulls. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know if we’ll survive the catacombs, let alone the rest of it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Sana guides me forward, and a burst of cool air washes over me, fresh as spring after the stench of the catacombs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The silence of the catacombs is as vast as a moonless night, and as eerie. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A midnight show on Saturday includes a preshow visit to the catacombs at 11:30 p.m. Spare Times for June 21-27 2013-06-20T22:57:28Z The catacombs are unique, mixing ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman architectural styles. Egypt completes restoration of ancient Kom el-Shuqafa catacombs 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z Released by Universal Pictures, "As Above, So Below" follows a team of explorers as they venture into the catacombs beneath the streets of Paris. 'As Above, So Below' grosses $470,000 in Thursday night showings 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z But this time, the people aren’t stuck in an elevator inhabited by the devil, or a building quarantined by the CDC, or a Parisian catacomb full of corpses. Does Hollywood hate Asia? 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z I got a very nice autographed program the other day from Kevin Spacey, who is the proprietor of the Old Vic, just saying that he was looking forward to me performing in the catacombs. Alan Moore Digs Up 'Unearthing' and Lays His Comics Career to Rest 2010-07-26T22:05:00Z The Green-Wood Cemetery’s catacombs are small and lit only by skylights and an open door. Art We Saw This Summer 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z The Christian communities that they come across are poor and petrified, worshipping in secret, often after dark: shades of the catacombs, where believers used to meet in the earliest days of the faith. Martin Scorsese’s Strained “Silence” 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The new partners unleashed their first collaboration at the weekend in the form of horror movie As Above, So Below, a found footage tale set in the catacombs beneath Paris. Guardians of the Galaxy can't save US box office from a soggy summer 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z At quiet dynamics throughout the evening — like the brooding opening of the catacombs section of Respighi’s “Pines of Rome” and the ambiguous haze of Tania León’s “Stride” — the sound was glistening and lucid. After Decades, the Philharmonic’s Hall Sounds and Feels More Intimate 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z An accordionist will accompany them as they visit the catacombs and walk past the graves of noted individuals like DeWitt Clinton and Elias Howe. Spare Times for July 19-25 2013-07-18T22:37:17Z For the second chapter, Reeves said the budget was higher, which allowed for expensive locations, such as the catacombs in Rome and Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Keanu Reeves gets deadlier in 'John Wick 2,' talks 'Bill & Ted' sequel 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Levester Williams contributes a white egg shape recessed into a notch in a white wall, perhaps a crypt from a miniature catacombs or simply a minimalist architectural ornament. In the galleries: From the everyday to the fantastic 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z One morning we and about a dozen Italian tourists followed an Italian-only-speaking guide down a dark corridor below the church to the catacombs, which originated as a Phoenician necropolis in the sixth century B.C. Explorer: The Island of Sant?Antioco, off Sardinia, Italy 2010-03-26T07:58:00Z Having heard about the crypt concerts, Harry Weil, the manager of programs at Green-Wood, contacted Mr. Ousley to see if he would be interested in the catacomb. Is Opera Dying? No, But This One Is Staged Among the Dead 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z A macabre display of the world’s largest collection of mummified bodies awaits inside the catacombs of Palermo. 20 of the world’s creepiest museums 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Illuminated by 14 circular skylights, the catacomb is 155 feet long but only 10 feet wide. Is Opera Dying? No, But This One Is Staged Among the Dead 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Communities of the dead are reconstructed here not as in catacombs, cemeteries and churchyards through their physical remains but through something much more abstract that once belonged just as intimately to them: their names. How to Read a Graveyard by Peter Stanford – review 2013-05-03T18:00:03Z Her resourceful heroine, Sedona Snow, is a woman with an unhappy past who has just escaped from captivity in a dangerous labyrinth of underground catacombs on the island. New fiction by Seattle-area authors, ripe for fall reading 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z When he learned of the proposal to stage his opera in the Green-Wood catacomb, he responded enthusiastically. Is Opera Dying? No, But This One Is Staged Among the Dead 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The only thing I would liken it to is the catacombs of Paris.” The New Club Kids 2010-11-19T23:56:00Z The movie follows a team of explorers as they venture through the Paris catacombs. 'Guardians of the Galaxy' wins weekend, tops this year's box office universe 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z Within the catacomb, the creative team was discovering that the resonant acoustics were as opulent as the landscape. Is Opera Dying? No, But This One Is Staged Among the Dead 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z They walked down the Champs- Élysées, strolled along the River Seine and toured the catacombs. On Love: Christine Allie & Stuart Lazar 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z At once deeply reverent and wildly irreverent, the novel features a plot built on the sacrilegious premise that the mummified, unascended body of Christ lies hidden in the catacombs beneath the Vatican. ‘Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life,’ by Tom Robbins Milton leads them back to Woodbury where, surprise, they let it slip that they’ve been inside the prison and can help The Governor and his militia infiltrate the catacombs. The Walking Dead Watch: Hey, Judas 2013-02-25T20:07:50Z Cross has always dealt in darkness and been so adept at conjuring bogeymen from the catacombs of mythology that you start to see them everywhere. Thrillers: John O'Connell's choice ?reviews 2011-08-12T21:55:12Z The area is known for its archaeological finds, including the tomb of Petosiris, an ancient Egyptian priest, and a catacomb filled with mummified falcons, ibises and baboons. Egypt Unveils Dozens of Newly Discovered Mummies 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Elfman spoke recently to ArtsBeat about the process of exhuming one’s own catacombs and the origins of his partnership with Mr. Burton. One From the Vaults: A Boxed Set to Celebrate Danny Elfman's Music for Tim Burton 2010-09-30T15:00:00Z The catacombs beneath Paris, which famously house the remains of 6 million dead, are probably one of the last places you'd want to feel trapped. Trail in 'As Above, So Below' leads to grade-Z horror clichés 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Only the barest fragments – the odd pillar here, the occasional catacomb there – serve as evidence that the classical city ever stood where today all is traffic and concrete. Alexandria: The Last Nights of Cleopatra by Peter Stothard – review 2013-07-05T11:00:01Z Drogon’s siblings are now chained in the catacombs, paying for the sins of the brother, which seems sure to make them meaner. 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Season 4 Finale 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Instead of human intestines, we have the bowels of Paris — the mass cemetery known as the catacombs — into which a small group of rash young folks spelunks in search of the legendary Philosopher’s Stone. 'As Above/So Below' Stars Perdita Weeks 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z What if somewhere in the catacombs below Paris, like some dada Phantom of the Opera, R Mutt set up a secret art factory? A plague of pissoirs is upon us! And there could be thousands more out there | Sam Leith 2010-04-04T21:00:00Z His black jacket splotched by white dust from the decomposing wall, Mr. Hertzberg said that for “The Rose Elf,” the catacomb felt uncannily like home. Is Opera Dying? No, But This One Is Staged Among the Dead 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Another friend, Paul Carroll, said that “Jim talked poetry as if he were an early Christian in the catacombs, talking Christ crucified.” Pulitzer Prize-winning poet James Wright ‘couldn’t be casual about anything’ 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Eckert’s vault doesn’t get family visitors anymore, but provides the grand finale of a 90-minute candlelight catacombs tour, opening up one of New York’s most secret spaces to the public. The Secrets of a Sacred Underground 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Rarely will the aria be heard in a more fittingly sepulchral setting than when the hour-long opera, composed in the 1680s, is performed this week in the catacombs of Brooklyn’s historic Green-Wood Cemetery. Purcell opera performed in cemetery catacombs 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Even a digression about the catacombs in an Italian monastery includes some Jell-O symbolism. In ‘Jell-O Girls,’ a Dark Family History Behind a Candy-Colored Dessert 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z And on the night I attended, it began with a stroll through catacombs right before midnight. | 'The Spoon River Project': Good Place for Ghost Stories, Complete With Tombs 2011-06-23T20:10:42Z The catacomb studio is stocked with esoteric electronic instruments, some of which shaped the band’s intense, darkly psychedelic new album, “False Lankum.” What’s Driving a Fresh Wave of Irish Music? Tradition. 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Isn't music made to be discovered and then resurrected from the catacombs of time somewhere down the line? I saw The Cure with my parents. Here's why I hope they don't end up on TikTok 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z A new museum at the catacombs will be inaugurated in June, gathering objects dating from the second to the fifth century from various catacombs in Rome. Fresh Finds at Rome’s Ancient Catacombs 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z “Rise of the Tomb Raider” footage was centered primarily around Croft's adventures scaling an ice wall, climbing ancient ruins and spelunking through catacombs. Here's every trailer from Xbox One's E3 presentation, from 'Halo' to Lara Croft 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z We are considering touring the sewers or catacombs under the streets of Paris. In Transit: Seeing the Sewers and Catacombs of Paris 2011-05-03T16:48:29Z A spokesman for the Musee Carnavelet, the company that manages the catacombs, says that they receive at least one request for permission to film or take photos there every week. Porn shoots in Parisian catacombs? Mais oui! 2013-03-15T17:38:00Z Exciting performance and site-specific groups are springing up in catacombs and abandoned glue factories everywhere. Find a play. Squat a building. Steal a van. Now make a show 2010-06-28T14:04:00Z The catacombs museum of the Convent of San Francisco is another fascinating slice of history, and I explored a maze of Franciscan crypts dating to the 1600s, seeing skulls and femurs along the way. In Lima, Peru, History and Culture Run Deep 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z There are no bones scattered in these catacombs, as in the more ancient ones in Paris and Rome. The Secrets of a Sacred Underground 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z This strange combination suggests a catacomb full of spirits but also a decrepit box of used surgical gloves. Review: Emmet Gowin’s Poignant Pairings at the Morgan Library 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Speaking in his Paris apartment, a stone's throw from the catacombs where his fellow teenage members of the Resistance oversaw the liberation of Paris in 1944, Lanzmann explains why. Claude Lanzmann returns to the Holocaust 2013-05-14T17:29:00Z Trouble again comes from below, in the catacombs beneath the village church where the smugglers hid their booty, and again the upper classes frolic while the lower plot violent revenge. Dvdsdave Kehr: It?s Overlords vs. Lower Depths in a Future City 2010-11-20T19:15:00Z Lining both sides of the long central passage of the catacomb at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn were family vaults that discreetly sheltered long-departed loved ones. Is Opera Dying? No, But This One Is Staged Among the Dead 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The country’s baroque portas, ruined castles, eerie reliquaries and catacombs were a gateway to the uncanny, possessing, as he put it, “a labyrinthine and claustrophobic architecture that was the novels’ perfect physical and psychological setting.” A Gothic Tour of Italy 2011-10-28T18:55:00Z The place feels like a living, breathing being, with various catacombs and vaults and catwalks that disobey the laws of gravity. Finding Yourself in Los Angeles 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z One sign of this presence is the existence of Jewish catacombs dotted with meaningful symbols, such as menorahs. In a prison that once housed Jews, a new museum devoted to Italy’s Jewish experience 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Though much of Mr. Seinfeld’s material exists in unauthorized forms around the Web, he said: “Who can go through the ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ catacombs of YouTube? Seinfeld on the Web: Laughs, Portion Controlled 2011-05-04T16:15:54Z The black necropolis in the Age of Obama has one more body to add to its catacombs. Who gets to borrow white privilege? This is what happens when an Asian-American cop kills an unarmed African-American 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, he grew to think that the Judaism of the synagogues was fossilized and mechanical, and he defined himself in a 1967 interview as “a priest of a catacomb religion that is underground, just beginning.” Review | How spirituality shaped Leonard Cohen 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z When he saw the catacomb last fall, Mr. Ousley immediately saw its potential. Is Opera Dying? No, But This One Is Staged Among the Dead 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z I’m really proud of the downstairs toilet – I call it my little catacomb. ‘I haven’t worn colour since I was 14’: meet Britain’s longest-standing goths 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z In Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory, released in August, we see a working-class family move into a catacomb that has been converted into a dwelling. Parasite, Us and the movies' subterranean blues 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Ousley may book gigs in places like the catacombs of the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn or a cave underneath St. George’s Church in Manhattan, but that gothic site specificity is a theatrical, tongue-in-cheek fringe benefit. Review: With Owls, Classical Is Alive and Well and Living in a Crypt 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z For hours we crawl through catacombs, over piles of broken furniture, and — not weirdly to us — a box containing hundreds of pairs of scissors, many with only one blade or broken handles. I clean out hoarder houses. Some jobs are even harder than the rest 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z The tour not only included a walk-through of Brolin’s sprawling upstairs bathroom, but also a descent down a winding staircase into what I’d describe as an enchanted catacomb of vintage retail. Michael Urie thrives in ‘Buyer & Cellar,’ a story of Barbra Streisand that she’s unlikely to see We stopped at the burial sites of significant figures in New York’s performance history and, every so often, stumbled across a kind of choreographed reincarnation, as dancers appeared atop tombs, among headstones, inside catacombs. ‘Crossing Over,’ a Performance in Green-Wood Cemetery 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z Much of the book takes place in a catacomb of chic downtown hotels, which Mr. Clegg turned into boutique crack dens by nearly depleting $70,000 in savings. A Book Agent?s Descent and Ascent From the Ashes 2010-05-28T22:45:00Z If Eno's "Music for Airports" traded in pleasurably mundane tones and arrangements, Lustmord's work on Saturday, and throughout his career, felt culled from ancient catacombs and designed for maximum psychic disturbance. Lustmord, Grouper explore noise and texture in deep Masonic Lodge set 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z The movie follows a team of explorers who venture through the catacombs beneath Paris. 'Guardians of the Galaxy' wins weekend, tops this year's box office universe 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Elsa Laurenzi, who has written about Rome’s Jewish catacombs, notes that Jews did not come to catacombs to pray, considering burial grounds impure. Rome, Sacred Ground for Nearly 3,000 Years, and Counting 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z In England, he visits caves and studies fungi; in Paris, he goes into the catacombs. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The major event, though, came when he and Hujar, traveling as lovers, stumbled on Capuchin catacombs in Sicily: caves packed with corpses encased in glass coffins and propped against walls. Art Review: Believing Is Seeing (Or, the Meat Of the Matter) 2010-10-21T21:30:00Z What was funny was everything in the catacombs of the arena was not finished. Ben Gibbard reflects on two era-defining albums ahead of Seattle shows 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z But in a statement to the BBC, Buckingham Palace rejected the call, saying exhuming the prince's remains would disturb the remains of others buried in the catacombs of St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. Ethiopian Prince Alemayehu's lock of hair returned after 140 years in UK 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z The offer was appealing enough to entice a wine connoisseur down to a dank, dungeonlike catacomb — despite his terrible hacking cough — to sample it. From 'Lolita' to 'The Shining,' a tour of famous — and infamous — drinks 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z But in a statement sent to the BBC, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said removing his remains could affect others buried in the catacombs of St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. Ethiopia's Prince Alemayehu: Buckingham Palace rejects calls to return royal's body 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Confirming some of these claims, archaeological evidence of the existence of synagogues and Jewish catacombs in Rome suggests that there was a substantial Jewish population during the imperial period. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But these catacombs are home to more than “The Legend of Zelda” lore. Review: 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' is video game bliss 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z The organizer was Urbex Tour, a Ukrainian company that guides visitors to Cold War bunkers, catacombs in Odesa and even a missile base. For Kyiv's residents, tunnels are both shelter and source of adventure 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z And in the afternoon here, the people around these catacombs had something just stark raving bonkers for a second-round matchup set for 7:45 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Florida Atlantic lifts the madness to another level 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z “In places like Paris, they would have themed events in the catacombs and people would dine there. Theater and dining go back a long way together.” Does this new robot-staffed chocolate emporium signal a themed restaurant comeback? 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z In his social media appearances, Prigozhin offered a stark contrast to the straight-faced Kremlin apparatchiks, appearing in battlefield catacombs, the cockpit of an airborne military jet and Siberian penal colonies. Russia’s top paramilitary chief accuses army command of treason 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z These included a shark tank in the city's aquarium, the skull-lined catacombs, the Moulin Rouge cabaret and the glass pyramid in the Louvre. Airbnb offers 'Phantom of the Opera'-themed stay at Palais Garnier in Paris 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z The sprawling site on a bluff overlooking the Dnipro River has 1,000-year-old catacombs that hold the remains of saints and is considered a cradle of Orthodoxy for both Russians and Ukrainians. Ukrainians Celebrate Orthodox Christmas at a Holy Site Long Linked to Moscow 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Elsewhere, it has been found in the Roman catacombs, ruins in Greece and Iran, and in Ethiopian and Spanish churches. Asian faiths try to save swastika symbol corrupted by Hitler 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z In her haste, she’d captured her car, the purple, round pillar it was parked by and nothing else but the concrete sameness of D.C.’s parking catacombs. Perspective | Strangers rallied worldwide to help this Maryland mom find where she parked her car 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Bones of numerous martyrs were brought from Rome’s catacombs by the cartload to the Pantheon, where Masses are still celebrated, he said. A Restored Painting Recalls the Colosseum’s Christian Past 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Russian forces have reduced large parts of Mariupol to ruins around the vast complex and its underground catacombs, where Palamar and a Ukrainian contingent are making a last stand. EXCLUSIVE 'We'll fight as long as we have to', Ukrainian fighter says from Mariupol 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Once home to an immense silver mine, the place has a spooky feel — “a warren of streets with staircases …, a kind of catacomb.” Review: Love among the ruins of Trump's America in Zachary Lazar's engrossing novel 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z “There is no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl underground through these industrial facilities.” Calling Off Steel Plant Assault, Putin Prematurely Claims Victory in Mariupol 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z “There’s no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl underground through these industrial facilities ... Block off this industrial area so that not even a fly can get through,” Putin said. Ukrainian fighters hold on as Putin claims victory in Mariupol 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z "There is no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl underground through these industrial facilities," he said, while praising Mr Shoigu for the successful operation to "liberate Mariupol" from Ukraine. Mariupol steelworks: 'Block it so a fly can't pass,' Putin orders 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z "There is no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl underground through these industrial facilities," he said. Putin cancels Russian plans to storm Mariupol steel plant, opts for blockade instead 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Both are worldly, well into middle age, and both sense the need to explore their own catacombs and confront the bogeymen within. Review: Love among the ruins of Trump's America in Zachary Lazar's engrossing novel 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z The churches share the same holy sites, perhaps the most important being the Monastery of the Caves and its catacombs holding the bodies of saints deeply revered in both Ukraine and Russia. Also at Stake in Ukraine: the Future of Two Orthodox Churches 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z I invaded other castles and inched my way through underground catacombs and mines. Elden Ring is a sprawling fantasy epic so good I don’t want it to end 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Those buried there in the 18th century were long ago reinterred or had their bones stored underground in the city’s catacombs. Enslaved to a Founding Father, She Sought Freedom in France 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z My favorite location was a dungeon composed of a network of catacombs. Elden Ring hands-on: an open world so pretty you won’t mind dying a lot 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Bonus: Sometimes there’s a lady singing in one of the catacombs. How performing-arts publicist Amanda Sweet would spend a perfect day in D.C. 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z The event is part of an ongoing series called Death of Classical, which brings classical music to unconventional venues, usually cemeteries and catacombs. Why musicians are performing among tombstones 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z And while the freedom is wonderful, you still get that heart-pounding, almost claustrophobic feeling when you make your way through the many dungeons, castes, and catacombs. Elden Ring is a sprawling fantasy epic so good I don’t want it to end 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z She included quotes from Mr. Sullivan’s video as he first urged protesters to invade, then roamed the Capitol’s hallways and catacombs wielding his camera and a knife. U.S. seizes funds of Capitol riot suspect who sold Jan. 6 footage to media outlets 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z A mad, masked composer holds a singer captive in the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera House and grooms her for stardom. Movies on TV this week: 'The Phantom of the Opera' on TCM 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z In early April, the Ukrainian National Guard blocked all entrances to the sprawling complex, where a labyrinth of catacombs holds the tombs of Orthodox saints, after the abbot refused to halt worshipers from visiting. A ‘Breakdown of Trust’: Pandemic Corrodes Church-State Ties in Russia 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z I played the song to the band on my old acoustic guitar, and we demoed it in a council studio in the catacombs under Swindon Town Hall. How we made: XTC on Making Plans for Nigel 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Authorities at the monastery — renowned for its extensive system of catacombs dating from the 11th century — were initially slow to react to warnings that the virus was spreading. A monastery in Ukraine once scoffed at coronavirus measures. Now, it is a hot spot. 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The church, its catacombs and visitors center are all currently closed. 4 wide-open outdoor spaces in D.C. for when you need a break 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Born in Manchester, England, as Neil Andrew Megson, the influential thinker took full advantage of both the “diving suit” and his earthen visit by plumbing the deepest catacombs of the human condition. Time and space could never contain musician, artist and thinker Genesis P-Orridge 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z The site boasts an array of previously excavated finds, including funerary buildings and catacombs filled with thousands of mummified ibis and baboon birds. Egyptian archaeologists unveil ancient tombs, artifacts 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z "It was pushing the rebels deeper and deeper into the catacombs." The mosque siege that changed the course of Saudi history 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z There was some talk this morning of it being a 30-year project, suggesting the plan will come to glorious fruition just in time for the moment we’re living, Children of Men-style, in Britain’s catacombs. This was a stunning victory for the bullshit-industrial complex | Marina Hyde 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Egyptian catacombs are filled with mummified animals, from tiny wrapped scarab beetles to baboons enshrined in sarcophagi. Millions of Ibises Were Mummified. But Where Did Ancient Egypt Get Them? 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z In the catacombs, where 550 skulls line the walls, a trickling sound hints a fountain nearby. The spookiest, scariest Halloween attractions in the D.C. area, ranked 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z But in October, the cemetery’s management plans to open the first section of a sprawling catacomb complex which, when completed, will provide 23,000 gravesites for an increasingly crowded country. Massive modern catacombs set to open in Jerusalem 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z I have come to the catacombs with two friends—let us call them Lina and Jay. The Invisible City Beneath Paris 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Emerge from the airless parking catacombs beneath the mall. Review: Sushi master Morihiro Onodera reappears at hidden Inn Ann 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z There are 200 miles of catacombs and quarries beneath the streets of the the French capital. Glimpsing a world beyond human extinction 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Maybe downhill, into the subterranean catacombs where — in one of the movie’s wilder conspiracy theories — the most powerful and influential among us hoard their darkest secrets. Review: Andrew Garfield gets lost in the L.A. noir puzzles of 'Under the Silver Lake' 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Those catacombs, active between the second and fourth centuries, were recognized by the United Nations as a World Heritage Site in 2015. Massive modern catacombs set to open in Jerusalem 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z She is passionate about the catacombs, especially about preserving and documenting their swiftly changing features through photography and record-keeping. The Invisible City Beneath Paris 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Yet her empty catacomb endured for centuries, until it was discovered in 1904. Cleopatra and Nefertiti you know. But the ‘Queens of Egypt’ exhibition will blow you away with someone you’ve never heard of. 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z From second-century sarcophagi down in the catacombs of Rome to Constantine’s Arch, the precious-stone-encrusted “crosses” depicted thereon are derivative of Roman scepters. Opinion | A simple solution to the Bladensburg Peace Cross dilemma 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Management of the monastery complex, which is famous for its extensive catacombs, is split between the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and the government. Building at renowned Kiev monastery complex catches fire 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologist Amit Reem said that families would inter the deceased’s remains in the catacombs, then seal the door with a rock for eight months. Massive modern catacombs set to open in Jerusalem 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z This network is the vides de carrières—the quarry voids, the catacombs, which together total an underground space around ten times the space of Central Park. The Invisible City Beneath Paris 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z To fully experience Evermore, a quirky old-English town with crooked roads, dizzying catacombs and a bustling population of fantastical creatures, is to not just enter a theater but to become one of its central characters. Westworld, Ho! Inside Evermore, where the future of theme parks is not about rides but play - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z KIEV, Ukraine — For centuries, the golden cupolas of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery and catacombs have been a refuge of tranquility and prayer in Orthodox Christianity. Tensions between Russia and Ukraine spill over to Byzantine world of Orthodox church 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z In Paris and Rome, catacombs are a tourist attraction. - The Washington Post 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z And the fact that there are 32 sq km of tunnels, cavities, catacombs and quarries beneath the surface of the city hardly helps. Rome wasn’t built in a day but these days it feels as if it may collapse in one | Tobias Jones 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z The deposition of bones into the catacombs continued over the course of the nineteenth century, but quarrying dwindled away as the best limestone deposits became worked out. The Invisible City Beneath Paris 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z An archaeologist and divorced father is forced to search for his estranged family in a labyrinth of catacombs after a sandstorm buries the entire site where he’s been digging for the lost mask of Tutankhamen. See if you can you tell if these are real or fake disaster movies - Golf Digest 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z At its heart is a labyrinth of catacombs, which date from the 11th century and are the final resting place of some of Eastern Orthodoxy’s most revered figures. Tensions between Russia and Ukraine spill over to Byzantine world of Orthodox church 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Access to the catacombs requires a guided tour, which is offered daily. - The Washington Post 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z The tombs were found in a city called Minya, just south of Cairo, in a part of the city called Tuna al-Gabal that contains known burials and catacombs. See Inside This Newly Discovered Ancient Egyptian Cemetery 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z In 1955, access to the catacomb network was made illegal, with the exception of a small area of show ossuaries that were kept open for purposes of tourism. The Invisible City Beneath Paris 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Naples, by contrast, has been featuring renowned contemporary artists in its subway system to create what one critic described as a “catacomb of beauty.” Unearthed in Rome’s New Subway: Extinct Elephants and Persian Peach Pits 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Soon they will serve as graves in Israel’s giant new catacombs. 'We revived an ancient tradition': Israel's new subterranean city of the dead 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The aquarium room was in the basement and had a catacombs feel: vaulted ceilings, green terrazzo marble walls, tiled pools that looked like large bathtubs. Perspective | Tanks for the memories: Answer Man checks out the original National Aquarium 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Mira y Lopez travels far and wide – including to a cryonics institute, a Roman catacomb, and his family’s burial plot – in search of answers. Welcome the reaper: Caitlin Doughty and the 'death-positivity' movement 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z An unofficial university of the catacombs was established, dedicated to the restoration, preservation, and mapping of the network, and to the formal archiving of its stories. The Invisible City Beneath Paris 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z As with life itself, there exists in music a dark side, a realm where grim themes swirl through musical notation as if bats through catacombs. California Sounds: Hear 13 Los Angeles songs that'll scare the bejesus out of you 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z The underground area set aside for the catacombs project will contain about 22,000 crypts in the first instance, at about four times the density of the cemetery above. 'We revived an ancient tradition': Israel's new subterranean city of the dead 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Asked to describe this defense on Saturday in the catacombs of Neyland Stadium after the 41-0 bummer it placed upon Tennessee’s weary masses, Georgia’s defenders tried. After years of making us sort of look, Georgia is making us really look 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z The project also is part religious theme park, with its rock wall-lined Roman catacombs, a replica of Jerusalem's wailing wall and a domed motion-seat theater featuring 4D biblical films produced by Disney alums. Plans for religious-themed retreat in Mission Valley rejected by City Council 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Work groups are established to add fresh layers to the catacomb palimpsest: large graffiti murals, new carvings, a sword buried in a stone, or mosaic works involving thousands of tiles. The Invisible City Beneath Paris 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The catacombs were adapted from abandoned underground quarries dating back more than 500 years. Thieves bore into cellar from Paris catacombs to steal €250,000 of wine 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z The catacombs are the brainchild of Arik Glazer, the chief executive of Rolzur Tunnelling, a company usually associated with more conventional civil engineering projects such as motorway tunnels. 'We revived an ancient tradition': Israel's new subterranean city of the dead 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Previous excavations of the site uncovered some 20 tombs built in the style of catacombs, a widespread architectural practice during the 27th Dynasty. Three New Ancient Tombs Discovered in Egypt 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z The bones of an estimated six million people are in the catacombs. Paris catacombs: Missing boys rescued after three days - BBC News 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z In that region of the catacombs, bones are profuse. The Invisible City Beneath Paris 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Two teenagers were rescued from the catacombs beneath Paris on Wednesday after being lost for three days in the pitch-black tunnels of the underground burial ground. Teenagers rescued from Paris catacombs after three-day ordeal 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Glazer said the idea for modern catacombs emerged from a desire to use space innovatively and reduce the environmental impact of burying the dead. 'We revived an ancient tradition': Israel's new subterranean city of the dead 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Reluctantly pledging his obedience to an old tribal code, Wick soon finds himself trapped, suitably enough, in Rome’s ancient catacombs, with an assailant behind every corner and no exit in sight. Keanu Reeves knows gun-fu in the thrillingly disciplined 'John Wick: Chapter 2' 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Only a small section of the catacombs is open to the public. Paris catacombs: Missing boys rescued after three days - BBC News 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z After the war, the cult of the catacombs began to grow. The Invisible City Beneath Paris 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z It could also be the skull of a Parisian, filched from the catacombs or acquired from the dissection table of a university anatomist. ‘High art’ with human skull goes on display at museum 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Belichick treats Brady the same way he does every other player, with that distant, flat, emotionless voice straight from the catacombs. Tom Brady and Bill Belichick’s secret? It’s not personal; it’s just business 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z But those are just the few reminders of the outside world in the subterranean catacombs. Iron Mountain mine expands to hold data secure 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z The two teenagers went into the catacombs on Saturday night. Paris catacombs: Missing boys rescued after three days - BBC News 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Lina’s great wish as an explorer is to enter the Odessa catacombs. The Invisible City Beneath Paris 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z There’s a certain artistry to the arrangement of bones in the catacombs of Paris. ‘High art’ with human skull goes on display at museum 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Actually, we’ve been at liberty to say “merry Christmas” for quite a few centuries; this isn’t like the early Christians emerging from the Roman catacombs into the bright light of freedom. Some lessons from Jesus, for all of us 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z St. Lucia, a martyr, was a young Christian girl who would secretly bring food to the persecuted Christians in Rome hiding in the catacombs under the city. Rockport celebrates Scandinavian culture, food at Jul Fest 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Another fable propagated everywhere during the campaign, and especially in the time since the Trump victory is that he had unearthed some unknown catacomb of lower-middle-class anger . . . at everything. The Trump Opportunity 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z When the Germans were closing in on Odessa during the Second World War, the Soviets left Ukrainian partisan groups hidden in the catacombs; down in the dark, they established kitchens, shooting ranges, dormitories, and armories. The Invisible City Beneath Paris 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z It is an unusual book: a sequence of masterful portraits of Hujar’s friends and associates is followed by a set of pictures of corpses in the catacombs underneath an Italian church. Peter Hujar: the photographer who defined downtown New York 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Under the elevated platform are several arched underpasses, one with a stone walkway that is quiet and damp, seeming almost like a catacomb. Retracing a Suspect’s Journey: From a Bomb Site to a Quiet Doorway 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z The catacomb is located in the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. Manhattan church to offer 6-person vault for $7 million 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Crammed into a catacomb of cinder block rooms with no temperature controls, a $25 million trove of flags, banners, uniforms, swords, pistols, long guns, and other items is beginning to tatter, mildew, and rust. National Parks in Peril 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z “The Odessa tunnels make ours here in Paris look like a sideshow,” Lina says that afternoon, in the catacombs. The Invisible City Beneath Paris 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Most commuters would still be stuck with the existing catacombs, more or less spiffed up. New York’s Penn Station Needs a Resurrection, Not a Redecoration 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Italy is courting Chinese investors to help spruce up some of its ancient temples and catacombs, a magnet for tourists but a drain on its strained public finances. Italy courts Chinese investors to restore ancient sites 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z They have tunnelled along the San Andreas Fault, under the Yangtze River and beside the Bosporus, through catacombs in Rome and petrified pilings in Cairo. The Long Dig 2008-09-15T04:00:00Z He had intimate knowledge of every light, every rope, every walkway and every catacomb in his cavernous Eden. Joe Patten, Theater Caretaker Known as ‘Phantom of the Fox,’ Dies at 89 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z I feel grateful for this place, for the juxtapositions of the catacombs, tilting from terror to warmth in the twist of a tunnel. The Invisible City Beneath Paris 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Once-graceful arches, now peeling, lent to a sense of being in a large catacomb. Treasured painting endures for Worcester’s French Catholics 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z Some of Europe's oldest Greek temples, a necropolis of 20,000 Etruscan catacombs, an ancient settlement near Rome and an archaeological museum in the south-west are also hoping for a windfall. Italy courts Chinese investors to restore ancient sites 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Nick and Monroe digging around in catacombs under an ancient church somewhere in Germany looking for treasure? 'Grimm' star David Giuntoli says it was a 'fight' just getting to 100 episodes 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z The Abbot's Book is a Gothic horror experience played on the HTC Vive, a brief journey through a network of sinister catacombs in the company of a taciturn monk. The Abbot's Book wants to be the gothic Myst of virtual reality — can it pull it off? 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z “It’s going to be a catacomb,” he said. Your Monday Evening Briefing: Brussels, Pfizer, David Cameron 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Two morning Masses will be celebrated in the Purgatory Chapel in the catacombs. Religion events from around the Washington area 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z But what exactly will the overnight guests encounter during their stay in the Paris catacombs? Paris catacombs: Airbnb stay in 'world's largest grave' - BBC News 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z And while the number of catacombs, burial grounds, and ossuaries that receive this kind of traffic remains small, for those that do, it’s a challenge. Fancy going to the empire of death on your next holiday? | Lindsey Fitzharris 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Airbnb is offering up its most ghoulish accommodation yet — the underground catacombs of Paris, where the skulls and skeletons of over 6 million dead are entombed. Want to Spend Halloween in the World's Biggest Grave? 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Finally, enjoy dawn with the dead, as you become the only living person ever to wake up in the Paris catacombs,” reads the listing. Paris catacombs offer on Airbnb: spend the night with six million dead bodies 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Stacked upright inside the wall cavities, like corpses in an ancient catacomb, these are victims of the drug cartels that ply their unmerciful trade across the frontier. Agent Emily Blunt’s Tough Assignment 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The catacombs are part of a huge network of tunnels in the bowels of the city. Paris catacombs: Airbnb stay in 'world's largest grave' - BBC News 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Back down in the catacombs, Max bolts for the exit as soon as he locates it. Fancy going to the empire of death on your next holiday? | Lindsey Fitzharris 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Galleries aim to recreate environments such as catacombs and the papal chambers. US museum to display Vatican treasures while pope visits 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z There are more than 6 million remains in the catacombs of Paris, for example. Catacombs make a comeback as Jerusalem seeks room for the dead 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z It's possible up to 70 million animals were mummified and then buried in underground catacombs at over thirty sites across Egypt. 70 million animal mummies: Egypt’s dark secret - BBC News 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z I stand, Daenerys Targaryen pressed against the catacombs, wondering what rough beast I have raised, knowing I will have to use it in the food wars to come. Help, I made a $57 million garbage food startup monster 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z In 1786, remains from cemeteries around Paris were removed and placed five stories underground in the city’s former quarries, which are now known as the Paris catacombs. Fancy going to the empire of death on your next holiday? | Lindsey Fitzharris 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Beneath a catacomb of sandstone archways, Arab and Kurdish venders at rickety shop fronts hawked tailored suits, spices, and the latest iPhone. How Strong Is the U.S. Friendship with the Kurds? 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Modern catacombs may soon be the preferred option — or the only realistic one, in a delicate balance of economy, space and piety. Catacombs make a comeback as Jerusalem seeks room for the dead 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z They are sometimes called cataphiles: lovers of the catacombs, as the subterranean network is commonly known. The Secret Is Out on a Cherished Underground Haven 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Buried in ancient reservoirs, crude oil shares the catacombs with saltwater. Vexed by earthquakes, Texas calls in a scientist 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z This week, Airbnb is offering two people the chance to stay overnight in the catacombs, as a way to celebrate Halloween. Fancy going to the empire of death on your next holiday? | Lindsey Fitzharris 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z The “found footage” horror story, set in the catacombs of Paris during an archaeological expedition, was produced for $5m by Legendary and is their first release with their new partner in crime. Box Office: 'Guardians' Tops Friday, Is 2014's Biggest US Hit 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Down below the ground, the mood is more that in a sacred catacomb. Seizing the Day at Ground Zero 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z His team also began using lasers for treating frescoes and one of the most interesting examples is the 2009–10 restoration of the Santa Tecla catacombs beneath Rome. Modern Chemistry Techniques Save Ancient Art 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z She lured them into the catacombs of Meereen and then locked them away. 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Happy Father's Day (Spoilers Alert!) For almost a week, he and his teenage sons had slogged through the muddy catacomb of what had once been a neighborhood, scouring the pulped homes and broken earth for some sign of her. From Washington State Mudslide, Glimmers of Lost Lives 2014-03-29T17:08:57Z Today, Green-Wood holds concerts and talks in its chapel and catacombs and invites the public in to partake of a rare oasis of green amid a bustling city. Op-Ed Contributors: The Graves of Forgotten New Yorkers 2014-03-18T23:57:15Z Tourists seek out the catacombs of Rome, the sewers of Paris and the subway tunnels of New York. Under Seattle, a Big Object Blocks Bertha. What Is It? 2013-12-20T00:51:44Z Over the years, once quarrying ended, people repurposed the underground labyrinth as catacombs, for mushroom farming and as an unofficial sewer system. "Secret" Labyrinth of Tunnels under Rome Mapped 2013-12-04T23:18:16.492Z The catacombs - discovered in the 16th Century - are famous for housing the oldest known image of the Madonna and Child dating from around 230-240 AD. Frescoes spark women priest debate 2013-11-20T18:23:56Z But even if the culture of Odessa is above ground, its soul is in the catacombs. A Tour Inside Odessa's Catacombs 2013-10-17T21:21:05Z In the catacombs of the Giants’ equipment compound adjacent to the locker room, 24 bins, each one the size of a compact car’s trunk, are filled with socks and coded by position. For the Giants, a Full-Gear Operation 2013-08-17T01:05:36Z In the Metro itself you find yourself gunning your way through buildings and tunnels, and at times going further down into some seriously spooky catacombs. 'Metro: Last Light' Review: The Alien And His Boy (PC) 2013-05-15T00:32:11Z When he came to power, Benedict was expected in some quarters to preside over a kind of catacomb church, creating a smaller, purer version of Catholicism. Benediction: Why the Pope Leaves a Complex Legacy 2013-02-17T17:20:23Z Some nights, half asleep, Mawmaw worries that the noise is emanating from within the catacombs of her own body. Thomas Pierce: “Shirley Temple Three.” 2012-12-17T05:00:00Z —From $60 for a guided tour of the catacombs for two people. A Tour Inside Odessa's Catacombs 2013-10-17T21:21:05Z He is a "cataphile" - somebody who loves to roam the catacombs of Paris. The underground art rebels of Paris 2012-11-23T02:42:11Z Winding walks, similar to today's Guggenheim Museum in New York, were planned to transport the bodies through the pyramid's catacombs to their final resting places. The landmark buildings that never were 2012-07-24T10:21:05Z Occasionally, the house's catacombs are opened for art installations and performance. 50 free things to do in London: part one – central 2012-07-23T13:36:00Z The catacombs yielded any number of the bodies of martyrs, and Rome became a huge manufactory to meet the demands for wonder-working relics from every part of Christendom. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z After 73 days, Odessa finally fell; trapped between the Germans and the sea, Soviet soldiers descended into the catacombs. A Tour Inside Odessa's Catacombs 2013-10-17T21:21:05Z Our destination is the catacombs, the tunnels that run beneath the pavements of Paris. The underground art rebels of Paris 2012-11-23T02:42:11Z Let us see how the early history of the catacombs runs, when reconstructed according to this new theory. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Here are preserved some beautiful fragments of mosaics of birds, &c., from the catacombs. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The Decian persecution is remarkable in Christian archæology as being, it is believed, the first occasion in which the Christian catacombs were violated. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z After a day spent exploring the catacombs, three dozen of us gathered in a chamber for dinner. A Tour Inside Odessa's Catacombs 2013-10-17T21:21:05Z We find examples of it in the tombs of the Egyptians, in the Roman catacombs, and in the houses of Pompeii. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z But, finally, and above all, let us descend into the catacombs themselves, and put them to the question. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Of these The Good Shepherd requires an especial notice from the importance which is given to it and its frequent introduction in catacomb art, both in sculpture and painting. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z And we saw a particularly fine scarab that had been found in one of the stone coffins immediately after our visit to the catacombs on the previous afternoon. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z It's not illegal to enter Odessa's catacombs, though it's not exactly encouraged, either. A Tour Inside Odessa's Catacombs 2013-10-17T21:21:05Z We entered the church, where we found a very handsome young capuchin friar, with his brown cowl and the white cord about his waist, who offered to conduct us to the catacombs. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Its intelligence, however, is by no means confined to the catacombs. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z In the further part of the catacomb is a long narrow chapel which has received the name of the cathedral or basilica. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z There was nothing in the appearance of the place to suggest that underneath our feet there existed Phœnician catacombs. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z This January, I joined the Search, an informal organization of some 40 men and women who gather in the catacombs each winter. A Tour Inside Odessa's Catacombs 2013-10-17T21:21:05Z They were brought from Rome, the scene of their sufferings, and buried in these secret catacombs by the small church of, perhaps, the immediate converts of St. Paul and the apostles. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z It is universally allowed that there never was a catacomb without its basilica. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It is like the chapels in the catacombs, and is decorated with the conventional frescoes of the Good Shepherd, Daniel in the lions' den, &c. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Schulz, who visited them before 1860, found in them pictures not older than the twelfth century, and resembling in many details those which are seen in the catacombs of Naples. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z No one knows how old Odessa's network is, but the catacombs were greatly expanded in 1794, when Catherine the Great sought limestone to build her city by the sea. A Tour Inside Odessa's Catacombs 2013-10-17T21:21:05Z Some of his descriptions of the cholera, and the pictures he gives us of the catacombs of the dead, are ghastly. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Then from the basilica you go into the catacomb. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z She then buried their bodies in the catacombs of her grandmother, Sta. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z I see that Schulz, whose great work still remains by far the best guide through the south of Italy, describes vast catacombs in the hillside at Castellammare. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z In 1835, certain ancient records found in the catacombs of Egypt fell into the hands of Joseph Smith, who found them to be some of the writings of Abraham, while he was in Egypt. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z "I say," answered Franz, "that it is bad, if it is the best sort in your catacombs; and good, if it is your meanest number." Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z For more than twenty years he has devoted himself to the study of the Roman catacombs, and at length we begin to enter upon the fruit of his labors. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z In the first hall is a statue of Christ by Sosnowsky, and in the wall behind it three mosaics,—two from the catacombs, that in the centre—of Christ with SS. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z I must admit that I do not know where these catacombs are. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z We always go on at a great rate about you—celebrate rites as faithful as the early Christians in the catacombs.... The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z When our Territorials, in their first ardour, chose our catacombs for their evening bugle-practice, we rose as one against them. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z "Now," he said, "come down into the catacomb, and observe the direction from where you stand to the door." The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Hence, three rooms lined with drawings from the paintings in the different catacombs, lead to,— The Picture Gallery. 1st Room.— class="hang"Entrance Wall: Cartoon of stoning of Stephen: Giulio Romano. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The painting is in the ancient style with black, white, and red—that peculiar dark brown-red of early Christian pictures, as in the lower church at Assisi, the catacombs of Syracuse and Naples, etc.... Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z These are peculiarly interesting from their similarity in form and arrangement to the catacomb chapels with which Wilfrid must have become familiar during his residence in Rome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z The origin of the catacombs of Paris is very interesting, and not known to many. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z With reverent affection he traced out the mementos of primitive Christianity, the tombs of the martyrs and saints, the altars and hiding-places and sacred inscriptions of the catacombs. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The walls of the open galleries on this floor of the palace have been covered with early Christian inscriptions from the catacombs, which have been thus arranged in arches:— 1—3. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Fish, the sacred symbol in the catacombs of Christ’s person and work, 287. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z In early Christian times crypta was appropriately employed for the galleries of a catacomb, or for the catacomb itself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z The catacombs were then consecrated, with all imaginable pomp. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z In one, from the cemetery of Domitilla, the Blessed Virgin sits holding the Holy Child on her lap, whilst four Magi offer their gifts; the other, from the catacomb of Sts. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z These names are still attached to the various catacombs, because they were originally begun upon the land of those who bore them. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Very few have any reference to Christianity, but they served as indestructible marks for indicating the position of interments in the catacombs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The painter has given Jesus a banner as a symbol of victory, a Christian symbol as old as the catacombs. The Great Painters' Gospel Pictures Representing Scenes and Incidents in the Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ 2012-01-07T03:00:14.777Z At the lowest estimate, the catacombs are admitted to contain the remains of three millions of human beings. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Probably after having been concealed in the house of Quirinus the deacon, their bodies were buried in the cemetery or catacomb of Pontianus, outside the present Porta Portese, on the northern bank of the Tiber. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The rest of the catacomb is shown in varying order, and explained in different ways. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z I dwelt in the catacombs in those days with my band; and the emissaries of Rome, before venturing into them, generally made their wills, if prudent. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z See Bounty.Pizarro, conqueror of Peru, his corpse exposed to view in the catacombs of Lima, iii. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z The catacombs of Naples, according to Bishop Burnet, are more magnificent than those of Rome. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z In that catacomb, remarkable for containing the primitive baptistery of the Church, there yet remains a monument of these saints, marking their place of sepulture. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Domitilla, this catacomb must be looked upon as the oldest Christian cemetery in existence. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Among the wonders of the Metropolis of the World, the catacombs or subterranean vaults and passages are certainly not the least. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z In the catacombs of the Cathedral repose the remains of Francisco Pizarro. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Extensive caverns, natural or artificial, were the common burying-places or catacombs. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Enough has been said to satisfy those of our readers who have any acquaintance with the catacombs, both as to the kind and the degree of interest and importance which belong to this publication. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The approach to the church is by a picturesque staircase of forty-five ancient marble steps, lined with inscriptions from the catacombs. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z When I got out with my companions, I wondered how such a narrow and almost imperceptible opening, when covered with branches, could be the passage to such spacious catacombs. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z These were the chambers, for there was at least two, which the baron termed his catacombs. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Numerous catacombs are to be found in Syria and Palestine. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Beecher had already declared that the Know Nothing lodges were "catacombs of freedom" in which indignation against slavery was stifled. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z Entered from the church is the catacomb called "ad nymphas," containing many ancient inscriptions and a few rude paintings. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z We all knew, however, that Roman catacombs have many outlets—this instance was not an exception. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z One of his plates turns a catacomb into a scene of vulgar mirth. George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z The happy thought of converting the quarries into catacombs fortunately occurred, at that period, to M. Lenoie, lieutenant general of police. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Its mountains, abrupt and bare as sun-dried skulls, are broken with cañons that are furnaces and gorges that are catacombs. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z Almost all the catacombs are between the first and third mile-stones from the Aurelian wall, to which point the city extended before the wall itself was built. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Some chambers of the catacomb had a luminarium, or light from the top; many of them were entirely dark. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The best-known “graffiti” are those in Pompeii and in the catacombs and elsewhere in Rome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The catacombs received the dead from other cemeteries; and those, who fell, in periods of commotion, were cast there. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Under the authority of the papal government, and assisted by M. Savinien Petit, an accomplished French artist, M. Perret has explored the whole of the sixty catacombs together with the connecting galleries. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z The Catacomb which is known as St. Calixtus, is composed of a number of catacombs, once distinct, but now joined together. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Of all that befell us in the catacombs we may not tell. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Then she said laughingly: "And what will you tell me of, count, since neither the carnival nor the catacombs have interested you?" For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z And there, for the present, we shall leave them, intending to resume this account of the catacombs of Paris, in a future number. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z The Light of the Gospel, enjoyed by the primitive Christians, though compelled to hide from their Roman persecutors and worship God on mountain tops and in the catacombs. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z The passages of these catacombs were gradually united with those which originally belonged to the cemetery of Calixtus. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z But intramural burials were not allowed in Rome; therefore the catacombs commence outside the walls. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Sir, the respect I have for catacombs and pyramids, will not protect you. Three Hours after Marriage 2011-10-10T02:00:20.823Z In 1810, the disgusting confusion, in the catacombs of Paris, was so much a subject of indignant remark, that orders were issued to put things in better condition. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z In a Protestant country one enters a clergyman's house secretly, as the first Christians did into the catacombs. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z A cubiculum at the end of the catacomb has paintings of figures—Plenty, with a cornucopia; Victory, with a palm leaf, &c. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Not very far beyond the columbaria stand the catacombs of the ancient Hebrews, much resembling in general arrangement those of the Christians. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z In the Roman catacombs, far beneath the city, the places of early Christian worship and burial, the inscriptions on the tombstones well express the parental feelings of that time. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z About a hundred yards from this gallery, the visitor comes again to the passage to the catacombs; and, after walking one hundred yards further, he arrives at the vestibule, which is of an octagonal form. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z This subterranean gallery is so large and lofty that it would accommodate many catacombs. History of the Washington National Monument and of the Washington National Monument Society 2011-09-27T02:00:16.967Z The relics of Domitilla, with those of her servants, were preserved in the catacomb under the villa which had belonged to her Christian aunt. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z You will ask me the meaning of the word 'catacomb,' and I shall tell you that it is derived from two Greek words—cata, hidden, and cumba, tomb. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z “It reminds me of the catacombs in this light,” whispered Billie. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z He describes these catacombs, as having necessarily cost an immense amount of money and labor. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z This, unfortunately, was all they could remember of it, but it was enough to supply them with a theme and variations that lasted until they arrived in the catacombs far below the Grand Central Station. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z Traces also of landscapes may be seen here and there, which are of rare occurrence in the catacombs, though they may be seen in the chambers assigned by De Rossi to SS. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z You have doubtless heard that the whole city of Rome is undermined with catacombs; but this is not true. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z In Italy, on the other hand, the study of Christian antiquities flourished, stimulated by recent discoveries of treasures in catacombs, museums, archives, and libraries. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z And now the reader will inquire, what relation has this statement to the catacombs? Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Beyond a pile of lumber in a sort of catacomb she stopped. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z The high altar covers a confessional, beneath which are the remains of five early popes, removed from the catacombs. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The solid contents of the catacombs of Rome could be included within a square mile; their series, if arranged at full length, would not measure less than five hundred miles. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Roman catacombs continued still to supply the demand for relics of the saints for newly erected altars. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z The cimetière and the catacombs are, strictly speaking, in the environs of Paris, being without the walls. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z Mummies from the catacombs, and portraits on the monuments, show that the heads of races on both sides of the Red Sea have remained unchanged 4000 years. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z In this catacomb is an early Portrait of Christ, much resembling that at SS. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z In three centuries, after persecutions the most dire, the Christian Church won her way from the gloom of the catacombs to the imperial throne of Rome. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, April 1865 2011-07-30T02:00:17.553Z Because it is dark in the catacombs of the brain, enlightenment comes from a tiny optical fiber snaking its way through the tissue. An On-Off Switch for Sex and Violence 2011-07-26T13:45:00.237Z Rome has the catacombs; Paris has its sewers. Deep Below Park Avenue, a Monster at Rest 2011-07-25T01:58:33Z The catacombs lie for the most part within a three mile radius of the wall of Aurelian. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z Several of the paintings in this catacomb are remarkable; especially that of a woman with a child, claimed by the Roman Church as one of the earliest representations of the Virgin. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The catacombs in the neighborhood of the Transtevere, the district where the Jews mostly lived, are plainly associated with them. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z The fish emblem for our Lord is common in the Roman catacombs, and is still used in ecclesiastical art. l. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Fabian was martyred during the persecution under the emperor Decius, his death taking place on the 20th of January 250, and was buried in the catacomb of Calixtus, where a memorial has been found. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z For the first 300 years, until "the Peace of the Church," this was the ordinary place of burial, certain catacombs being affiliated, from the third century, to the ecclesiastical regions in the city. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z Near this chapel we can look down through an opening into the second floor of the catacomb, which is lined with graves like the first. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z In 'Sea Monsters Unmasked,' page 55, I gave a figure, copied by permission from the Illustrated London News, of a rough sculpture in the Roman catacombs, of Jonah being disgorged by a sea-monster. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z And b after m is silent, as lamb, jamb, climb, tomb, womb, numb, thumb, crumb, dumb, plumb, comb, hecatomb, catacomb, currycomb, coxcomb, succumb. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z They were all returning, as they told us, from the catacombs of Kiev, to which they had been making a pilgrimage. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z To what side does the testimony of the Roman catacombs lean? Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z Here are preserved many ancient inscriptions, and other fragments from the neighbouring catacombs. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z But my happiest hours here are spent in the church of my patron, St. Sebastian, without the walls, built over the ancient catacombs. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z "It's like the catacombs of Rome," put in Billy. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z In vain the good genius wafts holy tones from the harp of death, and sends up angry murmurs in the orcus-flood of the catacomb,--in vain! Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z If there had ever been an age of the Church before controversy, we might say that the catacombs recorded it. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z A range of cliffs on the left were perforated by the catacombs of Sta. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z From law school he had gone as an assistant into the district attorney's office, and the three years spent in those catacombs of humanity had removed the veneer of generations of inherited snobbery. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z And so, with both, did life glide softly along in the catacomb like a rill. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z It had been a question whether they should receive Christian burial, or be deposited together in one of the catacombs outside the walls. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z Of the same period are the basilicas erected over the sepulcretum of a martyr at the mouth of a catacomb. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z In New York, guests will be guided into the catacombs of Green-Wood Cemetery. City Room: Small Wonders, Awaiting the Eyes of the Curious 2011-04-08T18:57:02Z She stood a moment, peering into the darkness, seeing only a great red eye above, ghostly draperies in the galleries, and in the mysterious catacombs below a vague flitting figure stumbling to a seat. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z In the catacombs which we first visited, the dead were generally placed horizontally, whereas here, all that we now saw were standing erect. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z The court, the army, the amphitheatre, the catacombs, the evil and the good of Roman manhood and womanhood--all are here. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z The symbolism and inscriptions of the catacombs testify how freely such elements were at work there. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z How adventurously does the catacomb now wind onward! Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z I for my part know that from this temple there leads a subterranean passage to the numerous catacombs with which this mountain is overfilled and from them we can go wherever it pleases us.” Caucasian Legends 2011-03-17T02:00:14.137Z To our surprise it was the entrance to another series of catacombs, in which were deposited the dead within the last two hundred years. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z Among the inscriptions to the early Christian martyrs found in the catacombs at Rome there is one which proves that there were in those days, as no doubt there are now, grateful servants. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z The religion of the catacombs was partly formed in the living; it is the faith, formulated, gauged, and tested by the faithful. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z They seated themselves upon it opposite an avenue which formed a right angle with the tormenting catacomb, lined with green moss, and of which crumbled sparks of rotten wood pointed out the extent. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z In the art of the catacombs they sit or recline in the ordinary attitude of banqueters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z We have here, therefore, in the heart of the catacombs an undoubted representation of our Blessed Lady. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, February, 1865 2011-03-04T03:01:02.750Z It represents a scene apparently laid in the catacombs of Rome early in the Christian era. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z The catacombs influenced the Roman Church in another way. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z Th- th- there is an a- a- at- atmosphere here li- li- like th- th- that of the cata- catacombs, like that in the document room of the former Cha-Cha-Chamber of Justice at Wetzlar. The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z Hot water was mixt with the wine in the Greek churches for some centuries, and this custom is seen in catacomb paintings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The most learned antiquarians recognize her in this character in the female figure in prayer, which in the very oldest portion of the catacombs is frequently a pendant to the group of the Good Shepherd. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, February, 1865 2011-03-04T03:01:02.750Z From these venerable potentates we soon came upon their irrepressible mummies, and here Owlsdarck was as thoroughly at home as if he had been brought up in a catacomb. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z The catacombs are the link between pagan Rome "drunk with the blood of the saints" and the Christian Rome which arose in the imperial city from the ashes of her martyrs. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z His sleeping-place or berth was exactly like one of the receptacles for human remains in the Roman catacombs, an oblong recess, likewise carved in the dry material of the hill. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z A small party had collected near me at the time, so we all descended to a sort of catacomb where a small barrel of sherry was enthroned. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z This composition came down from the earliest ages, and is first found in the paintings of the catacombs. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, February, 1865 2011-03-04T03:01:02.750Z Somewhere underneath us were said to be catacombs. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z Even after the "Peace" Christians were sometimes buried here, until the fifth century, after which the catacombs were visited as places of pilgrimage for another 400 years. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z It reminded him of the catacombs of Paris, he exclaimed, as he looked about at the heaps of bones which the slave had placed in neatly arranged piles after he had gorged himself with food. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z We seemed to thread our way through the catacombs. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z Because I was firmly convinced that there must be, somewhere in the convents of Armenia, in the catacombs of Egypt, or elsewhere in the East, a Manuscript which explains the matter. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z One good thing in our present habitation was the fact of its being as completely out of sight as the inmost cavern of the catacombs. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z Out back, police wagons replenished the catacomb cells under the courthouse with new arrests every few minutes, some prisoners linked by chains strung between them, bluish in the night. | Justice Is Served. For Some, as a Diversion. 2010-09-24T15:11:00Z Beneath Paris lies a network of some 155 miles of tunnels known as "the catacombs"—an underground labyrinth that serves as the weekend playground for bands of urban explorers. Parisians Find Playground Under the Streets 2010-08-07T03:04:00Z As far as paintings inside catacombs go, we are used to very faint paintings, usually white, with few colors. Archaeologists find oldest paintings of apostles 2010-06-22T14:51:00Z The skulls are shelved in concrete catacombs dug in the red earth outside the church where the victims were massacred. 2010-02-11T00:08:00Z From the time indeed when St. Silvester passed from the catacombs to the Lateran palace, to the time when the Vandal robbers desolated Rome under the eyes of St. Leo, the Popes were not captives. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII A little to the south of the city are the catacombs, which now serve as a quarry. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide After a short walk, they disappear into a hole in the side of a railway tunnel to the catacombs, 65 feet below. Parisians Find Playground Under the Streets 2010-08-07T03:04:00Z The tomb, in a web of catacombs under a modern building, is not yet open to the public because of continued work, difficult access and limited space. Archaeologists find oldest paintings of apostles 2010-06-22T14:51:00Z Portions of these catacombs have been walled up in modern times, since a second party of visitors became lost in them. The Story of Malta I had always thought, and my father had said that the official researches in the catacombs, called after the old Cistercian Monks, had been much too summary. Deep Moat Grange It is sometimes referred to as the “song of the catacombs.” The Story of Our Hymns The catacombs started as underground quarries to extract limestone for construction in the 12th century, when the city covered just about a square mile. Parisians Find Playground Under the Streets 2010-08-07T03:04:00Z "These are the first images that we know of the faces of these four apostles," said Professor Fabrizio Bisconti, the head of archaeology for Rome's numerous catacombs, which are owned and maintained by the Vatican. Archaeologists find oldest paintings of apostles 2010-06-22T14:51:00Z The origin of the catacombs and their real design are lost in antiquity, but they are known to have existed in the days of Roman sovereignty here, that is, over two thousand years ago. The Story of Malta "Then why," I asked, "are they not in Paradise instead of celebrating mass here in these catacombs?" Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I At the farther end it opened into a smaller chamber or catacomb, in the walls of which were a number of niches, each one containing a mummy. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance They were named the catacombs in a nod to ancient Rome's underground cemeteries. Parisians Find Playground Under the Streets 2010-08-07T03:04:00Z That the invocation of the saints was a practice of the early Church is proved by the numerous inscriptions on the tombs of the Roman catacombs preserved to this day. Mary, Help of Christians And the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers: Instructions, Novenas and Prayers with Thoughts of the Saints for Every Day in the Year Near the entrance to the catacombs is the Grotto of St. Paul, over which an unpretentious chapel is built, dedicated to the memory of the Apostle to the Gentiles. The Story of Malta The ring that I had purchased previously to starting off for the catacombs belonged and had been worn by the spirit before me when in the flesh! Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I It was in the low, gloomy, dimly lighted subterranean galleries known as catacombs, hewn in the living rock near Rome, that Christian architecture may be said to have had its first crude beginnings. Architecture In the Paris Catacombs AFP/Getty Images Human skulls in the official section of the Paris catacombs, where visitors are allowed. Parisians Find Playground Under the Streets 2010-08-07T03:04:00Z Up there innumerable races of mankind under ground, buried, to their supreme joy, in the catacombs of invisible stars, encourage us by their example. Underground Man The entire length of the catacombs as they now exist is computed to be fifteen miles, though there are no authentic statistics about them. The Story of Malta One sight, however, I had not yet been to see, and that was the catacombs. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I She had stumbled upon South Kensington and wandered in its catacombs of stone and brick. A Bed of Roses The catacombs feature reminders of historic events that unfolded above ground. Parisians Find Playground Under the Streets 2010-08-07T03:04:00Z Miles after miles of graves, League after league of tombs, The cross upon each conqueror's brow Light up the catacombs; "'Tis in this sign we conquer." Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs Here you will find old Mr. Ozone with his coat off and a feather duster in his hand, prepared to dust the cobwebs from the catacombs of the asthmatic or the consumptive. Cordwood We were conducted by a lean, emaciated monk, who looked as if he had lived upon nothing but by inhaling the damp air of the catacombs. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I Only, as Janet remarked, they did not crack whips in the catacombs, and here the atmosphere seemed to be principally cracks. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu "Nexus," a cataphile who goes by a pseudonym, is the most prominent catacombs cartographer. Parisians Find Playground Under the Streets 2010-08-07T03:04:00Z We will now, if you are sufficiently cool," he went on, "enter the catacomb. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs In this sense the word “catacomb” has gained universal acceptance, and has found a place in most modern languages. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" On, and still further, on I went, groping my way until I could no longer hear the voices of the party, nor see the light of their tapers through the dim arches of the catacombs. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I It was evening, and our omnibus proceeded at a pace adapted to the "Dead March" from Saul through a street so narrow and walled in that it was like going through catacombs. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu Beneath Paris lies a network of some 155 miles of tunnels known as "the catacombs"—an underground labyrinth that serves as the weekend playground for bands of urban explorers. Parisians Find Playground Under the Streets 2010-08-07T03:04:00Z The presence of an occasional grain of Indian corn or maize in several of the parcels of grain shown to my friend as coming from the catacombs confirmed his scepticism. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The largest number of Christian catacombs belong to the 3rd and the early part of the 4th centuries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Well, gentlemen, these facts are as well known to all of you as to myself, yet such were my reflections as I drove off one morning to visit the catacombs of Saint Sebastian. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I From the early days of the catacombs to the present time, themes have been drawn from it for paintings and sculpture, mosaics and glass. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. After a short walk, they disappear into a hole in the side of a railway tunnel to the catacombs, 65 feet below. Parisians Find Playground Under the Streets 2010-08-07T03:04:00Z His face darkened as memory urged something forward to him out of the dark catacombs of the past, and he stilled his breathing to catch a clue to it. The Orphan The rock-hewn tombs of Etruria scarcely come under the category of catacombs, in the usual sense, being rather independent family burial-places, grouped together in a necropolis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" I told him that I wished to visit the catacombs that morning, and therefore could not accompany him further. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I Lane had been released at last, in one of the catacomb cemeteries. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 I asked permission to go and see the catacombs, but was told that we must get under way. Our Caughnawagas in Egypt a narrative of what was seen and accomplished by the contingent of North American Indian voyageurs who led the British boat Expedition for the Relief of Khartoum up the Cataracts of the Nile. Between 1792 and 1814, the catacombs permitted the suppression of sixteen cemeteries, and they still receive the bones that are turned up in the course of various excavations in the city. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 Pope Damasus himself displayed great zeal in adapting the catacombs to their new purpose, restoring the works of art on the walls, and renewing the epitaphs over the graves of the martyrs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" I entered the church, and there was a party of about a dozen English people, who had likewise come to visit the catacombs. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I A monster they have brought out of the catacombs to aid them! Red Nails Stark was aware of the heavy smells of spices and unfamiliar foods, and the musky undertones of a million generations swarmed together to spawn and die in these crowded catacombs of slate and stone. Black Amazon of Mars It is not every one who would take this view of the catacombs; but the practice of medicine and surgery does not lend itself to the cultivation of squeamishness. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 Although the idea of the use of the catacombs for religious worship may have been pressed too far, there can be no doubt that the sacred rites of the church were celebrated within them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" I essayed to relight it, but the material was damp with the dews of the catacomb and with my blood, besides which my strength failed me. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I There without doubt he died, for the only way out of the catacombs beneath Tecuhltli is through Tecuhltli, and he never emerged by that way. Red Nails The place of the catacombs, according to Diodorus Siculus, was surrounded with deep canals, beautiful meadows, and a wilderness of groves. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem The catacombs are those portions of the ancient stone-quarries under the city which have been used as municipal ossuaries since 1786. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 They are to be distinguished from Christian catacombs only by the character of their decorations, the absence of Christian symbols and the language of their inscriptions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The Palace of the Caesars since the French scavi, not by any means finished yet, offers a new world to view, and we expect to see another, probably next week, in the catacombs. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) From the crypts of the catacombs he plundered the dead of their grisly secrets—secrets of ancient kings and wizards, long forgotten by the degenerate Xuchotlans our ancestors slew. Red Nails Their footsteps echoed loudly in the deserted rooms--the whole villa seemed one vast catacomb. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 The theology of Quietism was wonderfully adapted to the city of catacombs, the silent city, where, from that time, scarcely anything was heard but the faint rustling of worms crawling in the sepulchre. Priests, Women, and Families Petrus, a very rare name in the catacombs, is found here several times, both in Greek and in Latin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The tomb is a vault in the catacomb in the front projection of the base. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 Olmec had assured them that the catacombs below Tecuhltli were walled off from the rest, too securely for their enemies to break through. Red Nails Tombs of a positive cruciform plan are also found in the catacombs. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations What funeral vault of a royal race can compare with such a catacomb as this? The Wine-ghosts of Bremen With the latter part of the 4th century a new epoch in the history of the catacombs arose—that of religious reverence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Not skeletons in the closet, but catacombs of distasteful things. Eden An Episode The wizards of Xotalanc understand its secret—they found it in the catacombs, where lie the bones of terrible kings who ruled in Xuchotl in the black centuries of the past. Red Nails Ancient art and liturgy gave their contributions and Christianity moved from the catacombs to the basilica and the cathedral. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance The altar itself is very like those primitive stone edifices sculptured by the early Christians, when driven to celebrate their worship in the catacombs of Rome. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 Accounts of the catacombs will also be found in the encyclopaedias and manuals published under the following names: Martigny, P�rat�, F.X. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" During this interval of peace, I gave up the catacombs and took refuge in the pyramids. Coelebs In Search of a Wife In these things the Xotalancas had the advantage, for it was in the eastern catacombs where lay the bones of the greatest wizards of the ancient Xuchotlans, with their immemorial secrets. Red Nails Arriving on the opposite shore, the procession walked in solemn silence, and the mummy was then deposited in its final resting-place—the catacombs. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition By the time we went through Mars—its canals, its caves, its satellites and its catacombs—we knew more about it than anyone who lives there. Mars Confidential Many a time did we go down into the catacombs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The turnkey, who was the presiding imp in that wing—the ghoul of our part of the catacombs—was rarely absent, but passed back and forth, prying and suspicious. History of Morgan's Cavalry That must be the door that led to the catacombs. Red Nails St. Cecilia’s statue, wrought in purest marble, lay revealed beneath the altar on this one day of the year, when her crypt in the catacomb also blooms with flowers. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 We know what these were like, for not very far away is a heathen catacomb. The Bible in its Making The most Wonderful Book in the World It only needed a comparison of the theory with the visible facts to refute it at once, but nearly three centuries elapsed before the independence of the arenariae and the catacombs was established. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" He's rather sick that he wasn't on to this catacombs business too; he'd have found Orange plots down there. Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings |
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