Ancient Roman law prohibited burial within the city, so catacombs were established in the soft volcanic rock outside the city walls. These Roman catacombs, which feature about a half-million tombs ...

First of all, catacombs are a peculiar phenomenon in the area around Rome; they're always outside the city, as all burials had to be, but it's a peculiar geologic formation.

For centuries, Rome, Italy, has been a city of great importance. Once the center of the ancient Roman empire, today it’s one ...

The catacombs form a network of passages, or subterranean galleries, excavated in the tufo that underlies so much of the district round Rome.

Roman Jewish cuisine is unlike any other in the world, with a centuries-long passion for frying. The fritter frenzy peaks at Hanukkah.

Archaeologists working at Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman port city, have discovered the oldest Jewish ritual bath outside of the Middle East, along with an oil lamp decorated with a menorah dated ...

Chef Ruben Bondì knows that Rome's Jewish restaurants serve some of the best food in the city. Here are his picks in the historic Jewish quarter.

Rome’s catacombs will be open to the public for free guided tours and moments of prayer and reflection on Saturday, March 2.

Hundreds of delegates took a break from their discussions of synodality to visit the catacombs of St. Sebastian and St. Callistus located on Rome’s ancient Appian Way on Oct. 12.

Jewish Rome: Exploring Catacombs and Cellars Rome’s Jewish community, the oldest in Europe, dates to the second century B.C., and by the imperial period the capital was home to tens of thousands ...

Chef Ruben Bondì knows that Rome's Jewish restaurants serve some of the best food in the city. Here are his picks in the historic Jewish quarter.