Catacomb Pictures, Images and Stock Photos

In 1785, Paris decided to solve the problem of its overflowing cemeteries by exhuming the bones of the buried and relocating them to the tunnels of several disused quarries, which were consecrated as a cemetery. It is estimated that about one million bodies are buried here. Paris, France.

Catacombe di San Pancrazio under the basilica in Trastevere, Rome Italy

A stock photo of a tomb crypt under the Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin in Rome, Italy built in the 6th century.

27th of September 2017, Paris, France, Skulls and bones stacked up in the hallways of catacombs of Paris

Skulls in the Catacombs of Paris, France.

Two skulls in the Paris catacombs

Scary endless medieval catacombs with torches. Mystical nightmare concept. View of the ancient catacomb.

NAPLES, ITALY -MARCH 31, 2012: inside the Catacombs of San Gennaro in the heart of city of Naples, Italy

Catacombs of San Gennaro in Naples, Italy

Skulls of the Italian Catacombs

Le Catacombs - Paris

A close up of a row of lined skulls and bones.

Mummies in the Catacombs of the Capuchins in Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Bones in the Catacombs in Paris

"Catacombs of San Callisto in Rome, Italy."

Engraving from 1889 in french magazine le voleur illustre

Image of lots of true bones of death people correctly ordered

The Flavio amphitheater is a roman ruin in Capua town, now we know that this is the second amphitheater after Colosseum for its dimension.

A ground-level view of the Colosseum in Rome, looking down at the corridor of former basement and its chambers

Mummies in the Catacombs of the Capuchins in Palermo, Sicily, Italy

A sign in Paris announcing the entrance to the Catacombs, an underground cemetery.

caption "Christians assembled for worship in the catacombs of Egypt"

Catacombs of San Gennaro in Naples, Italy

Catacombs of San Gennaro, Naples, Italy. View of the burial painting with religious motifs. The Catacombs of San Gennaro are underground paleo-Christian burial and worship sites in Naples, Italy.

"The model of France's Port-Mahon fortress, cut into the rock, created by a former Quarry Inspector In 1785, Paris decided to solve the problem of its overflowing cemeteries by exhuming the bones of the buried and relocating them to the tunnels of several disused quarries, which were consecrated as a cemetery. It is estimated that about one million bodies are buried here. Paris, France."

An ingerior view of a man made cave relaized by the italian military force during WWI along the "Linea Cadorna", a defensive system realized in order to prevent a possible german invasion of North Italy from Switzerland. The tunnel is 120 m long and cross the mount Crocione, near Como.

Catacombs skulls and bones

Illustration from 19th century

A closeup of two skulls inside the Paris catacombs, an anonymous memorial to estimated six million deceased Parisians.

A mysterious dark dungeon with mist, candles, and skulls.

Famous landmark - ancient christian cemetery (catacombs) of Saint Paul. Rabat, Malta.

Underground passage under old medieval fortress. Old stone stairs to exit of tunnel.

Man explores narrow passage in ancient abandoned underground chalky cave monastery.

Map, City Map, Street Map, Rome, Europe, vintage, antique, catacomb,

The catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa meaning `Mound of Shards` is a historical archaeological site located in Alexandria, Egypt, and is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages

Taken in the Catacombs of Paris

old catacomb ruin in rome sightseeing

The dark tunnel in the catacomb. light at the end of the tunnel

A view of an empty hall with arched entrances and stone walls in a catacomb or underground city

The Pentre Ifan, is a prehistoric megalithic communal stone, burial chamber which dates from approx 3500BC in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

Bryn Celli Ddu, Neolithic Burial Chamber on the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales, UK

The Fontanelle cemetery in Naples is a charnel house, an ossuary, located in a cave in the tuff hillside in the Materdei section of the city. It is an old place, the entrance is free and it is considered as an historical place but it isn't a museum at all.

Illustration of a The underground of Paris, France, 19th century

Dark corridor of old ancient abandoned red brick ruined historical building.

bshKV9, Kings' Valley No. 9, Tomb of Memnon, tomb of the pharaohs from the 20th dynasty: Ramses V and Ramses VI

Naples, Italy. 14th June, 2011. Forty meters below the characteristic and lively streets of the historic center of Naples, you find a different world: Naples' Underground. This picture shows a small chapel people built up after WWII in one of their life-saving bomb shelters.

Toned image of the vaults of an old medieval abbey.Similar Images:

"Catacombs of Saint Giovanni, Syracuse, Italy"

scary dungeon staircase. Stone walls, old lamps and candles. 3d rendering.

View of the ancient crypt inside the second Great Pyramid of Giza. Cairo, Egypt. The tomb of the Pharaohs.

Mummies in the Catacombs of the Capuchins in Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Gaetano barbati statue, located inside the Fontanelle cemetery in Naples, Italy.

Black and white image of the vaults of an old medieval abbey.