SBS Documentaries

Michael Scott: The Catacomb Mystery (2015x9)

Air date: Jun 07, 2015

Deep beneath the streets of Rome is an amazing underground world: a labyrinth of tunnels and vaults more than 360 miles long. This vast subterranean cemetery was created by ancient Romans nearly 2,000 years ago. Just a few years ago, a previously undiscovered catacomb containing thousands of human skeletons was unearthed. Historian Dr Michael Scott joins a team of international archaeologists to unlock the skeletons’ secrets, using DNA mapping and cutting-edge archaeology to solve the mystery of who these men and women were and how they died.