The Colosseum held gladiator fights, hunts with wild animals, and even public executions, according to Artnet News. The underground area served as the arena's backstage where gladiators and ...

The Colosseum’s underground areas – where gladiators and animals were kept in rooms before taking elevators onto the arena floor – have been opened to the public for the first time in the ...

ROME -- After 2 1/2 years of work to shore up the Colosseum's underground passages, tourists will be able to go down and wander through part of what what had been the ancient arena's "backstage." ...

During the four centuries that the Romans used the Colosseum, the hypogeum, or network of underground tunnels beneath the arena floor, resembled a “huge sailing ship,” wrote Tom Mueller for ...

The Colosseum’s underground areas – where gladiators and animals were kept in rooms before taking elevators onto the arena floor – have been opened to the public for the first time in the ...

This highly rated tour provides access to the underground of the Colosseum, where you'll discover the network of passages, cells and chambers that once served as the backstage area of the arena.

Visitors will soon be allowed to see the monument's underground chambers. ROME, Italy, May 27, 2010— -- Come this summer, visitors to Rome will be able to see parts of the Roman Colosseum ...

The Colosseum’s underground areas – where gladiators and animals were kept in rooms before taking elevators onto the arena floor – have been opened to the public for the first time in the ...

After 2 1/2 years of work to shore up the Colosseum’s underground passages, tourists will be able to go down and wander through part of what what had been the ancient arena’s “backstage.” ...