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The Christian tombs of the catacombs are decorated with important paintings, including one which may be the first depiction of Mary. The <i>Capella Greca </i>in particular contains several 3<sup>rd</sup> century biblical frescoes<i>. </i>The iconography of the Greek Chapel frescoes is unusual for including many images of women. The catacombs were excavated starting in the 19<sup>th</sup> century, but archaeologists found that the tombs had already had visitors; looting and vandalism in the 17<sup>th</sup> century had done significant damage. Nonetheless, the unusual surviving frescoes present in the catacombs provide indispensable evidence for the development of early Christian iconography.<br /><br /><u>Further reading</u>:<br />\nCarletti, S. (1982). <i>Guide to the Catacombs of Priscilla. </i>Rome: Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology. ASIN: B0007BQCJU.<br /><br />\nBodel, J. (2008). From columbaria to catacombs: collective burial in pagan and Christian Rome. <i>Commemorating the Dead. Texts and Artifacts in Context. Studies of Roman, Jewish, and Christian Burials</i>, 177-242.<br /><br />\nPergola, P., Severini, F., &amp; Barbini, P. M. (2000). <i>Christian Rome: Early Christian Rome; Catacombs and Basilicas</i>. 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