Catacomb facts for kids
A catacomb is an underground tunnel that is used to hold and bury dead bodies. Many of them were made in the Roman Empire.
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Use in music
The Catacombs is the eighth movement from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky. It describes of loud and soft sounds of echoes in catacombs.
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Images for kids
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Grave niches in the Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome.
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Jesus and his twelve apostles, fresco with the Chi-Rho symbol ☧, Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome.
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The Chi-Rho symbol ☧ with Alpha and Omega, Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome.
See also
In Spanish: Catacumbas para niños
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