Vatican necropolis opens in time for Halloween

From the AP:

VATICAN CITY - Visitors to the Vatican soon will be able to descend into an ancient world of the dead, a newly unveiled necropolis that was a burial place for the rich and not-so-affluent during Roman imperial rule.

The necropolis, which was unearthed three years ago during construction of a parking lot, will open to the public this week. One archaeologist said on Monday that sculptures, engravings and other objects found entombed with the dead made the find a "little Pompeii" of cemeteries. [More...]

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For some reason this is currently the most popular article on Yahoo! News. If I had to guess why, I'd bet many people saw the words "Vatican" and "necropolis" together in a headline and hoped for something sensational. Oh well, better luck next time.