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What the dead can tell us

Watch this video to learn more about early Christian cemeteries

Some of the most important evidence about early Christianity comes from funerary settings.

Watch this video to learn more about early Christian cemeteries and also what we can learn from burials in churches by using innovative methods for the archaeological study of human remains.

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Change of Era: The Origins of Christian Culture through the Lens of Archaeology

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