Thirty years after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul was a prisoner under Centurion Julius’s command. They were on a journey to Rome on an Alexandrian grain ship.

In jail, Paul revealed his Roman citizenship and was sent to Rome. Along the way, he was whipped, stoned and shipwrecked. He recognized himself that he had had a tough life, full of danger and worry.

The basilica of St Paul's Outside the Walls is the largest church in Rome after St Peter's. For the past three years, archaeologists have been excavating underneath the altar to remove two huge slabs ...