The catacombs are underground galleries that some ancient Mediterranean civilizations built and used as a burial place. The best known and the best studied are the catacombs of Rome. Also known the catacombs of Paris, although their origin is very different from ( 18th century ).From an etymological point of view, the origin of the word catacomb is uncertain. Some sources believe that it comes from the Greek ±a¬ 40 °; towards down ) and ai¼²oa ( 41 BARROW; or also ±a¬ 40 °; towards down ) and a¼² ® ° ( 41 penetration; Others say that it comes from the latin cumbo, of a verb that combined with ad, cum particles and, means lying, or lying, hence catacomb means " place where you are lying down " Its literal translation is " hole " name of a peripheral district of Rome, in whose vicinity had an underground cemetery, where in the 3rd century, moved temporarily the bodies of San Pedro and San Pablo. In Spanish, is a term that began to be used in the 18th century.