Vatican Opens Ancient Pagan Tomb

After a year of restoration work, the Vatican has unveiled one of the most luxurious pagan tombs buried in the necropolis beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, the AP reports. Built by Emperor Marcus Aurelius in the second century, the once open-air tomb was buried by Emperor Constantine in the fourth century. Now, it’s been enclosed in glass, with its temperature and humidity strictly regulated for preservation. (More Vatican stories.)