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Who started the exploration and scientific study of the catacombs

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Antonio Bosio (c. 1575 or 1576 – 1629) was an Italian scholar, the first systematic explorer of subterranean Rome (the "Columbus of the Catacombs"), author of Roma Sotterranea and first urban spelunker.

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