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Late Roman catacombs featured long hallways with carved niches for placement of the dead called ___________, and small rooms made for prominent families with painted imagery denoting the faith of those buried within called _____________.

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Late Roman catacombs featured long hallways with carved niches for placement of the dead called Subterranean Passageways, and small rooms made for prominent families with painted imagery denoting the faith of those buried within called Catacomb of Rome.

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The pagan custom demanded burning of the dead bodies to which the Christians opposed and decided to create vast underground cemeteries. The catacombs which means “next to the quarry” were built which featured large number of long hallways known as subterranean passageways.

These passageways had rows of rectangular carved niches in which dead bodies were placed with the sheets wrapped around them. And the name of the deceased and his families were carved on the cover denoting the faith of those buried within which was called the “Catacomb of Rome”.

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