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Friends and colleagues: The catacombs of Rome, underground cemeteries where
early Christians took refuge, played an important role in the development of
modern archaeology. See how that took place in The Witnesses of Silence:
Discovering Rome's Catacombs, the latest video feature on our nonprofit
streaming-media Web site, The Archaeology Channel
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org/).
This film retraces the rediscovery of the catacombs, subterranean burial
places and hideouts beneath the streets of ancient Rome. It finds in the
dark galleries the traces of early explorers and the signatures, graffiti
and inscriptions they left. These early underground explorers include
legendary figures such as Antonio Bosio and Giovanni Battista de Rossi, the
scholar who laid the scientific basis of modern Italian archaeology. This
film sheds new light on an underground world where silence dominates but
images retell stories voiced many centuries ago.
This and other programs are available on TAC for your use and enjoyment. We
urge you to support this public service by participating in our Membership
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org/member.html) and Underwriting
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org/sponsor.shtml) programs. Only with your
help can we continue and enhance our nonprofit public-education and
visitor-supported programming. We also welcome new content partners as we
reach out to the world community.
Please forward this message to others who may be interested.
Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA
President and Executive Director
Archaeological Legacy Institute
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/
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