The Vatican is now making it easier for members of the general public to visit the Vatican Necropolis, a Roman burial ground located a few feet beneath St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.. The more than ...

A new section of a historic burial site beneath Vatican City has been unearthed — and now it's open to the public for the first time. The Necropolis of Via Triumphalis offers visitors a look at ...

The Vatican is now making it easier for members of the general public to visit the Vatican Necropolis, a Roman burial ground located a few feet beneath St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The more than ...

Archaeology & History 5 Facts About the Ancient Roman Necropolis That Borders the Vatican, Now Open to the Public. The site was previously only accessible to scholars and specialists.

The center of the necropolis was first uncovered in the late 1950s during excavations for the Vatican Autoparco. In 2003, a burial section named Santa Rosa was excavated during the development of ...

A gate along the Vatican's walls has been opened, providing a new entrance to the Via Triumphalis Necropolis, an ancient Roman “city for the dead”.

But the necropolis, which is not connected to the ancient Christian burial ground under St. Peter's Basilica, really came to light in 2003 when the Vatican was digging for a new multilevel parking ...

Another map shows Lucifer's tomb in a section of the Necropolis that was constructed in pre-Constantinian times. "This is important because in the 300s C.E., Lucifer was not a reference to Satan.

All Vatican museums are meanwhile set to be closed on Saturday, the day of Pope Francis' funeral and burial. Cardinals traditionally gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope.