Toynbee, Jocelyn <br/><br/>
The shrine of St. Peter and the Vatican excavations 

 - London  Longmans, Green and Co  1956 
 - xxii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm 
<br/><br/> Sophie Laws collection 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index.  Around the year 67 A.D. Saint Peter suffered death by crucifixion during the reign of Emperor Nero and was laid to rest in a nearby cemetery on the Vatican Hill. In the year 320 the emperor, Constantine, began the construction of a large basilica in honour of St Peter, central to which was a shrine that encased both his tomb and the monument which had been subsequently built above it. The authors of the book,Toynbee and Perkins paint a picture of the excavations under St. Peter's that started in the 1950s. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano<br/>Peter, the Apostle, Saint--Tomb
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>726.82