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     It is now a tourist
           destination but in
           the past, bodies
           were lowered down
           a shaft for burial.                                                e  visited  a  place  in  Alexandria
                                                                              called  the Catacombs.  It’s a
                                                                  Wcemetery with lots of under-
                                                                   ground graves. It was discovered and ex-
                                                                   cavated by the Etruscan people.
                                                                   It is now a tourist destination but in the
                                                                   past, bodies were lowered down a shaft
                                                                   for burial. A horse’s owner loved it so much
                                                                   that he kept its bones inside the cata-
                                                                   combs.
                                                                  Oluwatito Faiizan
                                                                                   Fola-Ashiru
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