Catacombs

Author : Jeremy Bates
Publisher : World's Scariest Places
ISBN 13 : 9780993764691
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Catacombs written by Jeremy Bates and published by World's Scariest Places. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paris, France is known as the City of Lights, a metropolis renowned for romance and beauty. Beneath the bustling streets and cafes, however, exists The Catacombs, a labyrinth of crumbling tunnels home to six million dead. When a video camera containing mysterious footage is discovered deep within their depths, a group of friends venture into the tunnels to investigate. But what starts out as a lighthearted adventure takes a turn for the worse when they reach their destination and stumble upon the evil lurking there.

Author : James Spencer Northcote
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Roman Catacombs written by James Spencer Northcote and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Drake
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429911727
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mistress of the Catacombs written by David Drake and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to the the epic tale of the Lord of the Isles, David Drake's saga of magic and might. For the first time in a thousand years, the Kingdom of the Isles has a government and a real ruler: Prince Garric of Haft. The enemies joining against him intend to destroy not only the kingdom but humankind as well. The rebels gathering in the West outnumber the royal army and the magic they wield can strike into the heart of the palace itself, but far greater dangers lie behind those. On the far fringes of the Isles, ancient powers ready themselves for a titanic struggle in which human beings are mere pawns--or fodder! Reptilian and insect monsters from out of the ages march on the kingdom, commanded by wizards no longer human or never human at all. If unchecked, their ravening slaughter will sweep over the Isles as destructively as a flood of lava. Garric, ripped from his time and body, must make new allies if he and his kingdom are to survive. Watching them all from the blackness of a tomb walled off in time and space, the Mistress waits... And her fangs drip poison! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Paul Koudounaris
Publisher : Thames and Hudson
ISBN 13 : 9780500251959
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heavenly Bodies written by Paul Koudounaris and published by Thames and Hudson. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intriguing visual history of the veneration in European churches and monasteries of bejeweled and decorated skeletons Death has never looked so beautiful. The fully articulated skeleton of a female saint, dressed in an intricate costume of silk brocade and gold lace, withered fingers glittering with colorful rubies, emeralds, and pearls—this is only one of the specially photographed relics featured in Heavenly Bodies. In 1578 news came of the discovery in Rome of a labyrinth of underground tombs, which were thought to hold the remains of thousands of early Christian martyrs. Skeletons of these supposed saints were subsequently sent to Catholic churches and religious houses in German-speaking Europe to replace holy relics that had been destroyed in the wake of the Protestant Reformation. The skeletons, known as “the catacomb saints,” were carefully reassembled, richly dressed in fantastic costumes, wigs, crowns, jewels, and armor, and posed in elaborate displays inside churches and shrines as reminders to the faithful of the heavenly treasures that awaited them after death. Paul Koudounaris gained unprecedented access to religious institutions to reveal these fascinating historical artifacts. Hidden for over a century as Western attitudes toward both the worship of holy relics and death itself changed, some of these ornamented skeletons appear in publication here for the first time.

Author : Madeleine Roux
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062364073
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catacomb written by Madeleine Roux and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heart-stopping third book in the New York Times bestselling Asylum series follows three teens as they take a senior year road trip to one of America's most haunted cities, uncovering dangerous secrets from their past along the way. With all the thrills, chills, and eerie found photographs that led Publishers Weekly to call Asylum "a strong YA debut," Catacomb is perfect for fans for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Sometimes the past is better off buried. Senior year is finally over. After all they've been through, Dan, Abby, and Jordan are excited to take one last road trip together, and they're just not going to think about what will happen when the summer ends. But on their way to visit Jordan's uncle in New Orleans, the three friends notice that they're being followed . . . and photographed. Then Dan starts receiving messages from someone he didn't expect to hear from again—someone who died last Halloween. When the trio arrives in New Orleans and the strange occurrences only escalate, Dan is forced to accept that everything that has happened to him in the past year may not be a coincidence, but fate—a fate that ties Dan to a group called the Bone Artists, who have a sinister fascination with notorious killers of the past. Now Dan's only hope is that he will make it out of his senior trip alive. Don't miss Madeleine Roux's all-new gothic horror novel, House of Furies.

Author : Adia Konikoff
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783515057738
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sarcophagi from the Jewish Catacombs of Ancient Rome written by Adia Konikoff and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 1990 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive inventory of all known sarcophagi from the Jewish catacombs of Rome, is the first specialized treatment of this subject in monograph form. It describes and analyses each sarcophagus and provides full reference material which it critically examines. This work thus fills a lacuna in the literature on this field, which has up to now been confined to the treatment of early Christian and pagan sarcophagi of the period. �We have here a complete overview of the Jewish sarcophagi of ancient Rome, all of them illustrated by photographs and provided with extensive bibliographies. This work thus fills a lacuna in the literature on this field.� Journal for the Study of Judaism �Until this book, however, no one has attempted to assemble all of the Jewish sarcophagi separately in one place and to provide relevant information in the form of a well-ordered catalogue. For this reason, Konikoff's book provides a welcome resource for anyone interested in the material evidence of ancient Judaism and forms a good beginning for study of the sarcophagi, especially from a bibliographic point of view.� Gnomon .

Author : E. Smith
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137468041
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foucault’s Heterotopia in Christian Catacombs written by E. Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The catacombs of Rome have captured imaginations for centuries. This innovative study takes a fresh look at these underground spaces, and considers how art, space, texts, and practices can tell us more about the catacombs and the people who dug and decorated them.

Author : John Henry Parker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of Rome: The catacombs written by John Henry Parker and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Enzo George
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1538206617
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Roman Catacombs written by Enzo George and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subterranean tombs known as the Roman Catacombs are truly time capsules. Some tunnels date to the first century. Both Jewish and Christian graves are found there, including cremated and skeletal remains, and some have only been discovered recently. It’s challenging to receive permission to explore these tunnels. Luckily, young historians can find all they need to know in the well-researched pages of this intriguing book, full of extraordinary images and facts. They’ll learn much about the history of Rome and the different cultures that sought to bury their dead beneath the living in this ancient city.

Author : Gregory S. Athnos
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 166677734X
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Roman Catacombs written by Gregory S. Athnos and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-07-07 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every story in catacomb art is a tale of deliverance, a tale of the powerlessness of death and the certainty of the resurrection. Looking back through fifteen hundred years of Christian art, it appears the crucifixion of Jesus holds the highest place. We haven't looked back far enough. Go back to the first three centuries after Jesus walked among us. Walk the dark corridors of those subterranean burial chambers of the persecuted Christians. There we find a much different theology at work: a theology with resurrection hope and power at the center. If catacomb art were all we had of Christian theology and practice from the first three centuries AD--no Scriptures--we would have no choice but to conclude that the first message of the Christian faith was the Easter gospel.