Legacy Matters

"Funeral Pompeii" Unveiled.

When clearing a spot for the construction of a parking garage in Vatican city, a truck was spotted hauling tombstones with Latin inscriptions.

Today, as part of the Vatican Museum's 500th anniversary, the pagan Necropolis, called the "little Pompeii of cemeteries"  will be open to the public, even as excavation and conservation is still on-going.

Vatican Necropolis, Almost a Garage.

What has been unveiled is a cemetery of the middle class in the first century.

Necropolis Unveiled.  Below are some photographs which, if you click, you will see enlarged.

Sleeping Slave

Overview of necropolis

Mosaic

Baby's grave