Early cemeteries

Usage examples of catacombs.

She told him about the catacombs, and her plans for a rolling retreat to draw the enemy to a desired location.

In the darkness of the catacombs, amidst the chaos of a rolling retreat, the Daroth may not be able to read minds.

The white wall behind him had been stripped of paintings, and Ozhobar had sketched out a map of the catacombs on the bare plaster.

Lanterns have been placed around the catacombs, so that you will be able to see your targets.

The smell of lantern oil hung heavily in the still air of the catacombs, and the warriors crouched in nervous silence, listening to the steady thudding sound of Daroth hammers and pick-axes coming ever closer.

Lazarus lived here, within the catacombs, in a quaint room Friar Ivan had appointed for him, replete with a rudely fashioned bed and thick blankets.

Frequently Ivan would summon Migual and Thateus to the catacombs to work alongside Lazarus and, as Lazarus had forever been confined to the catacombs, doing so brought Ivan as much if not more joy than it did Lazarus.

And for Ivan, when the ghost children were together and Lazarus burst into laughter - rare enough laughter, there in the catacombs - that the unexpected and memorable cackle invariably served to still his troubled soul.

He threw back his shoulders and clasped his hands behind his back like a proud, condemned prisoner bound for a march into Hell, and he descended deeper into the catacombs, the darkness swallowing him.

He liked the catacombs even less than he liked the sunlit plain, but these tunnels were the only choice save death.

There were no frescoes in this portion of the catacombs, but prayers and eight-pointed stars scratched in the rock showed that the poor were as pious as their betters.

The whole valley and delta of the Nile, from the Catacombs to the sea, was covered with temples, palaces, tombs, pyramids, and pillars.

Jera whispered, peering impatiently into the catacombs for some sign of the chamberlain.

From the fragments of conversation, it appeared that they were wary about entering the catacombs, facing the dread magic of the mysterious stranger.

In actuality, the senseless creatures were packed in catacombs where they sat on rough stone slabs and were fed and exercised once a day.