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1. Catacombs: Underground galleries with excavations in their sides for tombs or in which human bones are stacked. The term is derived from "catacomba," a compound of the Greek κατά and the Latin "comba" ("cumba"), and means "near the sepulchers. Originally it designated ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
2. Catacombs: Catacombs are human-made subterranean passageways for religious practice. Any chamber used as a burial place is considered a catacomb, although the word is most commonly associated with the Roman Empire. (Subterranean passageways used as burial place) [100%] 2023-12-28 [Catacombs] [Cemeteries]...
3. Catacombs of Malta: There are hundreds of catacombs in Malta, principally found in Mdina, the former capital of the island. The catacombs are very small, but are in good preservation. (none) [57%] 2023-12-11 [Catacombs of Malta] [Archaeology-related lists]...
4. Catacombs (1965 film): Catacombs is a 1965 British horror film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Gary Merrill, Georgina Cookson and Jane Merrow. It was known in the US as The Woman Who Wouldn't Die. (1965 film) [57%] 2024-02-13 [1965 films] [1965 horror films]...
5. Catacombs (sex club): The Catacombs was a gay and lesbian S/M leather fisting club in the South of Market area of San Francisco, which operated from 1975 to 1981, and reopened at another location from 1982 to 1984. It was the most ... (Sex club) [57%] 2023-10-08 [Gay bathhouses in California] [LGBT BDSM]...
6. Catacombs of Milos: The Catacombs of Milos are an ancient underground Christian cemetery located on the island of Milos in the Cyclades, Greece, dating to the 1st-5th century AD. The catacombs are found near the modern settlement of Trypiti, next to the ... (Christian catacombs on Milos, Greece) [57%] 2023-11-23 [Milos] [Catacombs]...
7. Catacombs of Chaos: Catacombs of Chaos is a play-by-mail game that was published by Schubel & Son. Catacombs of Chaos was a turn-based game where each player controls a party of characters exploring the catacombs formerly used by a wizard who ... (Play-by-mail game) [57%] 2023-11-26 [20th-century role-playing games] [American games]...
8. Ħal Resqun Catacombs: The Ħal Resqun catacombs at Gudja, are interpreted as early Christian catacombs or paleochristian hypogea in Malta. The Ħal Resqun catacombs are especially notable for their carved decorations, and other features which are uncommon in Maltese catacombs, and of exceptional ... (Earth) [57%] 2023-11-04 [Subterranea (geography)]
9. Catacombs of Paris: The Catacombs of Paris (French: Catacombes de Paris, pronunciation) are underground ossuaries in Paris, France, which hold the remains of more than six million people. Built to consolidate Paris's ancient stone quarries, they extend south from the Barrière d ... (Underground ossuary in Paris, France) [57%] 2024-04-14 [1810 establishments in France] [Buildings and structures completed in 1810]...
10. Catacombs of Domitilla: The Catacombs of Domitilla are an underground Christian cemetery named after the Domitilla family that had initially ordered them to be dug. Located in Rome, Italy, are the human-made subterranean passageways used for cemeteries and religious practice. (Catacomb in Rome, Italy) [57%] 2024-05-11 [Catacombs] [Flavian dynasty]...
11. Catacombs of Saint Agnes: The Catacomb of Saint Agnes (Italian: Catacombe di Sant'Agnese) is one of the catacombs of Rome, placed at the second mile of via Nomentana, inside the monumental complex of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura, in the Quartiere Trieste. The ... (Catacomb in Rome, Italy) [50%] 2024-01-07 [Catacombs of Rome] [Burial monuments and structures]...
12. Pact of the Catacombs: The Pact of the Catacombs is an agreement signed by 42 bishops of the Catholic Church at a meeting following Mass in the Catacombs of Domitilla near Rome on the evening of 16 November 1965, three weeks before the close ... (Religion) [50%] 2023-12-29 [Catholic theology and doctrine] [Religion and politics]...
13. The Catacombs of Solaris: The Catacombs of Solaris is a 2016 video game by Australian independent developer Ian MacLarty. Described as a "maze that plays with your perception of 3D space on a 2D screen", Catacombs is an art game that exploits the use ... (Software) [50%] 2023-12-13 [Adventure games] [Linux games]...
14. The Catacombs of Solaris: The Catacombs of Solaris is a 2016 video game by Australian independent developer Ian MacLarty. Described as a "maze that plays with your perception of 3D space on a 2D screen", Catacombs is an art game that exploits the use ... (2016 video game) [50%] 2023-12-13 [2016 video games] [Adventure games]...
15. Pact of the Catacombs: The Pact of the Catacombs is an agreement signed by 42 bishops of the Catholic Church at a meeting following Mass in the Catacombs of Domitilla near Rome on the evening of 16 November 1965, three weeks before the close ... (Vow of poverty by 42 bishops of the Catholic Church) [50%] 2024-04-04 [Catholic theology and doctrine] [Christian theological movements]...
16. Visiting The Catacombs of Priscilla: Any visitor to Rome will want to see and explore the popular historical and cultural sites - the Colosseum, the Forum, the Trevi Fountain and, of course, the Vatican. But a large part of the city's ancient history actually lies ... [44%] 2019-04-08
17. Catacombs of the Bear Cult: Catacombs of the Bear Cult is a 1981 role-playing game adventure for Tunnels & Trolls published by Flying Buffalo. Catacombs of the Bear Cult is an adventure in which the Death Empress puts a bounty on werebear cultists of the ... (Role-playing game adventure) [44%] 2024-05-24 [Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1981] [Tunnels & Trolls adventures]...
18. Elfland catacombs: Elfland Catacombs is one of the earliest examples of hypertext fiction . It was published by Winterhearth company in 1981, several years before Michael Joyce's Afternoon, a story (which is generally thought to be "the first hypertext fiction"). [70%] 2023-11-29 [Hypertext] [Narratology]...
19. Għar Għerduf catacombs: The Għar Għerduf catacombs at Ta' Kerċem, also known as Għar Gerduf, are the only surviving early Christian catacombs or paleochristian hypogea in Gozo, Malta. Għar Għerduf is a unique Roman burial site in Gozo, which has for centuries attracted ... (Earth) [57%] 2023-11-08 [Subterranea (geography)]
20. Pact of the catacombs: The Pact of the Catacombs is an agreement signed by 42 bishops of the Catholic Church at a meeting following Mass in the Catacombs of Domitilla near Rome on the evening of 16 November 1965, three weeks before the close ... [50%] 2023-02-10 [Catholic theology and doctrine] [Christian theological movements]...
21. Pact of the catacombs: The Pact of the Catacombs is an agreement signed by 42 bishops of the Catholic Church at a meeting following Mass in the Catacombs of Domitilla near Rome on the evening of 16 November 1965, three weeks before the close ... (Religion) [50%] 2023-12-15 [Catholic theology and doctrine] [Religion and politics]...