Explore the Vatican's newest necropolis!

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The Vatican Museums just opened a new site: a necropolis on the slopes of Mons Vaticanus, along the Via Triumphalis. A portion of the site was excavated during the creation of the S. Rosa carpark in the 1950s. Excavations continued in the early 2000s, doubling the size of the excavation site. Today, a new entrance has been created in the Vatican Walls for the public to access the unique site. Darius was there at the inauguration. Take a look at an incredibly well-preserved necropolis and on- site museum!
Special thanks to ‪@MuseiVaticaniMv‬ for the special invitation to the site!
0:00 Introduction
1:36 A brief history of the site
2:33 A site tour
4:59 A look at some special finds
6:15 What makes this site so special
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@marijaokic2427 6 ай бұрын

Hello from Serbia. During the last year archeologist were conducting extensive exploration of the necropolis of Jagodin Mala which is dated to the period of late antiquity and is located in the city of Niš - Roman Naissus. It is estimated that it is a site of great importance , but there are problems with its preservation since it has been designated to be a construction site. As I am watching this video, I can see similarities between the sites and I hope that an agreement will be reached for Jagodin Mala to be preserved and one day made available for the public in this same manner.

@DariusArya 6 ай бұрын

All over the world, urbanization is one of the greatest threats to sites. Excavations are an added cost to a construction site- and the end result isn't always in favor of the archaeology, unfortunately. the Vatican site has had its own issues, but the final result is quite impressive. There has to be the resolve to spend the time and money to document and preserve!

@ericastier1646 6 ай бұрын

This is stunning, why do we admire antique civilization so much, because we recognize they had an elevation of the mind, of spiritual understanding of life through art and classical architecture that we are loosing fast.

@philiphanes7437 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for recognizing the issue of what remains should be on display in general. It's usually overlooked.

@DariusArya 6 ай бұрын

It’s an issue, to be sure!

@mikeg1323 28 күн бұрын

It's truly remarkable just what secrets the Vatican holds... It's truly endless....

@TWOCOWS1 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic, Darius, just fantastic. Thank you for being so alert to all new discoveries and opening of new venues. You are extraordinary. Thank you.

@DariusArya 6 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@TWOCOWS1 6 ай бұрын

@@DariusArya Actually, thank YOU! I miss Rome and can't travel there. So, I follow you as my "eyes and ears." Excellent.

@bfranklin3777 6 ай бұрын

Amazing! For those who missed it it's called Necropolis of the Via Triumphalis

@edwardmiessner6502 5 ай бұрын

Or, the Triumphal Way City of the Dead, for those who don't know Latin.

@megansfo 6 ай бұрын

Darius, thank you for letting us see this! Im fascinated by pagan Rome! But the feeling of this place all those centuries ago must hace been similar to the urban columbarium I visited in Oaxaca during a day of the dead celebration. Noise, music, food booths, and people strolling everywhere. Life and death together.

@DariusArya 6 ай бұрын

Definitely the necropolis was a big part of Roman life.

@Thyalwaysseek 6 ай бұрын

Rome was never Pagan, the Vatican just calls anything not aligned with their interpretation of the Scriptures as Pagan.

@yul498 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Darius, for a new amazing video. I'm so exciting to watching this. It's amazing.

@DariusArya 6 ай бұрын

Thanks - it’s really worth a visit!

@logiman 6 ай бұрын

Amazing! It makes me wonder how much is undiscovered and probably never will be due to a city being built on top of it.

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

YES

@alessandrom7181 5 ай бұрын

Most of Italy is like that not only Rome.

@f87115 5 ай бұрын

There will be cities built on top of us

@Podzzy 4 ай бұрын

@@f87115 Yes, but today at least there are technologies that allow us to preserve memory that obviously weren't there hundreds of years ago.

@Kinsale1333 25 күн бұрын

It took a lot of extra years to finish the Rome Metro because they had to keep stopping every few hundred yards to get permission from the local archeological commission to continue.

@CenturyHomeProject 5 ай бұрын

I’m glad that they left the remains where they were found. At the end of the day this is the gravesite and should be respected. Thank you so much for showing this! New fan and new subscriber!

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@marquese1960 6 ай бұрын

I'm amazed that there are still incinerated remains still intact...very interesting to see.

@DariusArya 6 ай бұрын

Yes it’s incredible to see!

@kalnwi2023 6 ай бұрын

I got scared !

@edwardmiessner6502 5 ай бұрын

Seeing the inside walls of some tombs and to see how clean and nicely painted they are in full soectrum light, you have to give the painters credit for all they had to go by were hand-held flame torches!

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

Great point!

@nailsdeb 6 ай бұрын

Fascinating!! Thank you 🙏 Our common humanity amazes me. I’ve been teaching myself how to bake sourdough bread lately 😊all I see are the ovens . 😮👍🇨🇦

@edwardmiessner6502 5 ай бұрын

Ovens in the city of the dead! 😖 Why does that remind me of the Holocaust?

@RTD3 6 ай бұрын

My wife and I will be in Rome in February. This is a must-see, thanks!!

@NSGca 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely remarkable that this has been preserved so well. Ty for the heads up!

@kevinhouse7143 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Darius, you're my guy in Rome!

@DariusArya 6 ай бұрын

I appreciate that

@cyndydejoy6129 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Darius. Absolutely fascinating, shows so much respect for those who have passed before us. It is really a beautiful presentation. Looking forward to seeing you next year! Happy holidays to you and your family, thanks for a great year!

@richardglady3009 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful video. Thank you for its creation and posting.

@FatherJMarcelPortelli 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. I recently toured the original scavi tour under St. Peter's Basilica. The guide was excellent, and you can see St. Peter's tomb (which is directly below the high altar in the Basilica). Highly recommended!

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! YEs the famous Scavi tour is well worth a visit!

@auntiear126 5 ай бұрын

We were so lucky to visit on two occasions in the past. It’s an amazing experience.

@isoldavilaresau5390 6 ай бұрын

I was there long time ago. Of course was time (late even) to open to the general public, but I must say it was more impressive in its ancient aspect. It's the price to pay, and for who never visited before is priceless.

@brober 5 ай бұрын

Fantastico! Have been to the Scavi under the altar of St. Peter's . Can't wait to see this new excavation. Grazie mille Prof. Arya.

@martinstensby2011 6 ай бұрын

Stunning! Thank you for revealing this gem! I’ll have to take the bus for Rome in a while…

@DariusArya 6 ай бұрын

My pleasure. I'm glad they found a solution to make it accessible to the public.

@eclipsed017 6 ай бұрын

Incredible, wow!!

@martinemjt 5 ай бұрын

thank you for the visit. fascinating.

@wlnegrini 6 ай бұрын

Amazing! Thanks for the video and information.

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

thanks!

@erikvanniekerk478 Ай бұрын

@@DariusArya Great work Darius! (Will part be Etruscan??) Curious! Take care Darius!

@neuroman04 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing!

@nancytestani1470 6 ай бұрын

So cool..amazing

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@wizzardofpaws2420 5 ай бұрын

You always bring us the coolest places!

@brunoantony9257 6 ай бұрын

very cool thanks for this update

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

Any time!

@dang5469 6 ай бұрын

Thank-you Darius for the very informative video.

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@user-uz2op6og3l 6 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@robertafierro5592 5 ай бұрын

I LOVE stuff like this!

@RenoporelMundo 6 ай бұрын

very interesting Necrópolis .

@drsmith9536 6 ай бұрын

Thank you

@carolgreen5586 Ай бұрын

Just this last week. Very interesting.

@DarthJermz 5 ай бұрын

Amazing!

@wishgodgirl1903 5 ай бұрын

Excellent site! Would love to see it!

@masoudmasoudi4155 Ай бұрын

Thx bro,incredible art.👏👏,I watch your video from middle east, I hope I can explore the vatican by myself someday very soon, 🙏👍❤️

@skipper409 4 ай бұрын

Great video….i shall visit on my next trip to Rome

@harrisedgar 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful..!!

@DariusArya 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@rockweiler777 16 күн бұрын

This is so cool. I'm having trouble with picking my jaw up from the floor.

@michaelpoat485 5 ай бұрын

It looks awesome

@davidevans3227 5 ай бұрын

gosh.. thankyou for sharing this 🙂 greetings from the uk..

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@jmhatyoutube6283 5 ай бұрын

What an extraordinary site! So many layers, exposed altogether in such a seeming jumble - it must take many visits even to begin to comprehend it all. It’s interesting to find that even in such a stratified society, rich and poor are all buried together in such close quarters, or is that just a mistaken impression? Many thanks to you and to the Vatican for making this treasure house of history accessible to the public.

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. Yes, it was common to have all types of burials (and all kinds of social classes) in one site.

@PatSmith-wi1kz 4 ай бұрын

@@DariusArya hi Dario are you Italian or persian?

@MrChabrija 6 ай бұрын

...and you still have not seen one bit of what they hiding form us...

@jamesellsworth9673 5 ай бұрын

This is a fine presentation of a site.

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@superdivemaster 5 ай бұрын

Good Video !!!

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@RP-mm9ie 5 ай бұрын

thanks

@AlishaMartindale-de9tm 3 ай бұрын

WOW I would love to go back I haven't been there in over a decade myself it's 96 when I went love Rome

@TheVuduYuDu 4 ай бұрын

I lovethe content of your channel.

@DariusArya 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@Rodmic-hd9pn 3 ай бұрын

I can’t believe we went to Rome and didn’t go there! We will have to go back

@josephnason8770 5 ай бұрын

I wonder if it was common to inscribe the words " here is " on the burial memorials during that era in Rome? I did the scavi tour ( scavi translating to excavation l'm pretty sure ) and that incription was found there directly under the present altar in St Peters: Here is Peter.

@edwardmiessner6502 5 ай бұрын

"Here is Peter." Sounds like "Kilroy was here" to me.

@user-id8jf8lp4g 3 ай бұрын

Where do you get tickets? I can't find them.

@juanalvarez9420 6 ай бұрын

Have you had a chance to see the cryptoporticus at the EMB on via Veneto? There are a number of other very interesting finds on the grounds. They use to have a curator there on staff?

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

Yes, I should get permission to film it

@944clogue 5 ай бұрын

Incredible, how much is the tour¿?????

@ak9989 6 ай бұрын

Impressive! I gotta go to Rome again.

@yul498 6 ай бұрын

Then you think, I know all in Roma, they excavating something unknown 😂😂

@DariusArya 6 ай бұрын

It’s a worthwhile visit!

@youonlylivetwice5555 5 ай бұрын

👍👍❤

@user-bi8rz5ci1m 5 ай бұрын

Just a final observation, after this really cultural significant and detailed video: Vatican State continues, centuries by centuries, accumulating real fortunes. Figure out: nowadays it capitalizes the largest part of its luxurious incomes "off-shore" (tropical tax haven/Liechtenstein/Switzerland).

@PatSmith-wi1kz 4 ай бұрын

Must have trillions or quadrillions

@fintan3563 5 ай бұрын

What happened to the bodies? Do bones eventually disintegrate into, I don’t know, dust or something? Asking for a friend.

@petem7118 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing…….. were those ornate coffins custom made to order? Or were some made to be ready to be sold.? Were there undertakers like we know today? Did they provide services like undertakers do today?

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

Some were prefabricated - others made to order by a specific client

@edwardmiessner6502 5 ай бұрын

There were undertakers like we know today and they did provide services like the undertakers do today. Plus they were the clean-up crews for private and public executions. (John Granger Cook, Crucifixion in the Ancient Mediterranean World)

@markanderson8188 5 ай бұрын

TIckets to see this site dont seem to be ever available. Any idea of when this will be open to the public. We are in Rome in March and were hoping to see this, but tickets never seem to be available.

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

As per the video- and Vatican website- the site is now open to the public without special permits or visits..

@josephwarra5043 10 күн бұрын

IEEEEE!!!

@johnyocum1840 3 ай бұрын

I would LOVE to know what the Vatican has behind closed doors..

@carolmaplesden916 2 ай бұрын

Have you seen the audience hall there

@johndorilag4129 6 ай бұрын

I'm hoping we can visit Rome and St. Peters Basilica soon

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

Enjoy!

@lucan357 5 ай бұрын

Just think in a few to 5 thousand years from now people then will be looking at that parking garage and be like whoa this is amazing a parking garage with cars from 20??. lmao

@nancytestani1470 26 күн бұрын

Look at the little child’s tomb.

@AWMulholland99 Ай бұрын

Good job I can see all of this via pixels ! Why see it in person ? Fuck money right

@RPe-jk6dv 5 ай бұрын

Vanitas! Vanitatum vanitas!

@JohnnyBoy-mt1lj 5 ай бұрын

What is the woman stealing in the background at around the 3 minute mark?

@cody9606 5 ай бұрын

Nothing says eternal rest like removing your body from your grave and allowing visitors everyday

@m.asquino7403 Ай бұрын

At that point does it really matter?

@staycurious0815 6 ай бұрын

Any signs of the triple goddess?

@uncleeric3317 6 ай бұрын

Darius, any gladiators found buried there?

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

NO but a number of slaves from imperial household

@uncleeric3317 5 ай бұрын

@@DariusArya Wow! Awesome thank you!

@edwardmiessner6502 5 ай бұрын

@@DariusArya Darius, was any crucified person discovered down there? (I doubt this is the case but it would be nice to know)

@chevyyyyyyy 5 ай бұрын

Does 3:20 show a gigantic bottle?

@FransBlaas1 3 ай бұрын

Imagine you die and buried, and end up in a museum 2000 years later..

@nancytestani1470 26 күн бұрын

Lots of urns…no coffins…?

@memorieswithhappieness3577 5 ай бұрын

I had a dream of this place I'm not even joking I had a dream that this place was hell

@memorieswithhappieness3577 5 ай бұрын

Honest to God it was in flames of fire..and I felt like it was hell

@hakimhakimi-jj3rb 2 ай бұрын

non non non je veux voir des gravures d ecritures en direct sur le cite pas dans une musée et apparement autour de toi il n y en a pas je veux insinuer quoi? rien juste dis nous qu il n ya aucune trace ecrite

@helloworld0911 5 ай бұрын

You wouldve thought the Roman Catholic Church to destroy these heathen burials.

@K-Anator 5 ай бұрын

It just me or did it look like that lady under the catwalk near the beginning was up to no good? Doing a bit of rock collecting? Edit: Before anyone says something, I realise that the general public probably isn't allowed down there, and the people down there are supposed to be there.

@josepalm5515 5 ай бұрын

I saw a Giant skeleton

@Demetri450 Ай бұрын

discovery?

@yodasmomisondrugs7959 5 ай бұрын

Its so cool that we love to desecrate the graves of others. The older I get the less I like this archeological excuse for it. Digging up a buried city is one thing. Digging up the resting place of our ancestors is another. As much as I love History and Archeology the older I get the more it bothers me. Probably my fathers Native American ancestry coming out of me with this opinion.

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

It is a very big deal, what you are discussing. That's why I weighed in a bit, at the end of the video. Plenty of room for discussion... But what the video showed is pretty much for the norm for Roman pagan sites..

@alexwelts2553 5 ай бұрын

@@DariusAryait seems like the norm for a growing number of groups, it reminds me of Pokemon, or Easter egg hunters, like a game.

@scoon2117 5 ай бұрын

God you really love having your face on camera dude. Just show the objects with a voice over.

@Elysian777 5 ай бұрын

Be nice to show more relics while talking...more names, dates, artwork.

@benibluefoe 6 ай бұрын

This site looks more intersting than the vast majority of the cast off items the vatican tossed into their "museum". Is it as grossly overpriced as the rest of the vatican sights for ticket sales?

@mmmail1969 6 ай бұрын

Most of the Vatican sites are FREE....in the case of ticketed areas ie., the Museums, are you going to foot the bills for them?

@joeydownunder2976 6 ай бұрын

Lived in Rome for years. You gotta be kidding about expensive tickets, right? The Catholic Church could charge 10 times what they do and people would happily pay. The hundreds of beautiful churches and their priceless artworks .. 99% are totally free.

@Stonecutter334 6 ай бұрын

Always building over someone’s else work. Not insulting at all.

@berlon-mtl 5 ай бұрын

Why all writing not fitting space ..the quality of letters doesn't match artistic quality of sculptors .. different cultures

@DariusArya 5 ай бұрын

A great variety- and the inscriptions were created over 400 years, of varying quality.

@Veidr99 5 ай бұрын

Is that ware they take the little boys

@laurentbeaulieu4443 6 ай бұрын

Do you really want stupid tourists in there to take selfies? NO

@dansmith5280 6 ай бұрын

Good point

@sanswa8610 6 ай бұрын

Hypocritszzzzzz

@sanswa8610 6 ай бұрын

Its al fake suckers.

@sanswa8610 6 ай бұрын

Is that all you know 2 find , ? , you was in a war sheep . I was several times asshole.

@sanswa8610 6 ай бұрын

Iserved 2gether in a war with the legionaires . What do you mean. Think first before you deliver nothing . Only 2 try 2 say someting you never come from youre cauche.or you must know what is happening now . Or you must have secret invasions done than we speek further.....@ss

@sanswa8610 6 ай бұрын

I am finish with people who not know what they talk about. Lefty s.

@sanswa8610 6 ай бұрын

@@kevin02mulder Clean youre own mess . Than you have 2 do more than you can . You are shot , have you bin in a war confrontation. You have een paar dagen op intensiev care gelegen . Dan hoor ik graag van je zo niet , hou je vinger van t toetsen bord (LuL) En anders spreken we samen wat af . Of ergens. Eens kijken wie en of wat voor zielig iets je wel bent . Geen volledige naam . Laffaard . 1 tegen 1 . Maak afspraak . En voor mijn part roep je de politie als bescherming als je laf bent LuL.