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View inside the early Christian catacomb in the Grotto of St Paul, in Rabat, Malta. A Roman city used to stand where Rabat is now, and there are plenty of ancient relics to be seen, as well as examples of Baroque and Renaissance architecture.
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View inside the catacombs of Kom esh-Shuqafa, in Alexandria, Egypt. This funerary complex is Roman in origin, dating from the 2nd century AD.

Underground burial chambers, such as the catacombs of the early Christians. Examples include those beneath the basilica of St Sebastian in Rome, where bodies were buried in niches in the walls of the tunnels.



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* The Benton Harbor refuge was a catacomb, the entrance of which was cunningly contrived by way of a well.
It was the Tomb of many fortunes; the Great Catacomb of investment; the memorable United States Bank.
We passed the night in Punta Alta, and I employed myself in searching for fossil bones; this point being a perfect catacomb for monsters of extinct races.
 
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