A mass grave from the catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus in Rome, second-third century AD

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2007

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Funeral archeology mass grave catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus Rome second-third century AD

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Grave Sepulchral monument

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Philippe Blanchard et al., « A mass grave from the catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus in Rome, second-third century AD », HAL-SHS : archéologie, ID : 10.1017/S0003598X0009606X

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Investigations in a catacomb revealed an early mass grave, in which the bodies were bound tightly with plaster and textile in a type of mummification. Over 100 individuals, mostly young adults, including women, were stacked in rows apparently following a communal fatal incident, perhaps an epidemic. The presence of traces of gold, silver and probably amber with many of the bodies, and their burial in an imperial property suggests a group of some status being interred in the early years of the catacomb, at the end of the second century AD or beginning of the third.

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