A photograph shows gladiator helmets, displayed as part of the exhibition, “Gladiators in the Arena. Between Colosseum and Ludus Magnus,” at the Colosseum in central Rome, on July 20, 2023.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Below the arena floor is the “Underground.” The underground was a network of corridors and chambers where people, animals, and supplies were kept for the games.

That's what makes the underground "Roman archaeology's final frontier," inspiring two groups of amateur spelunkers to begin leading subterranean tours, opening up "a fascinating, multidimensional ...

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 ...