A visual novel plotline sprung to life:
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A visual novel plotline sprung to life:
- Kids at a high school in Rome had been telling each other for decades that there were secret rooms under the school. Teachers laughed it off as playground rumors
- During a protest sit-in, the kids took the opportunity to go where they’re not supposed to go and reported that there were really, definitely secret rooms under the school
- The staff found a mysterious iron door in the basement that apparently no-one knew the purpose of; after getting it open, they found some sort of disused furnace… which opened directly into an entire ancient Roman villa
@0xabad1dea most strikingly is that these rumors seem to be 1800 years old.
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@0xabad1dea Similar story from Malta where some guy digging a cellar maybe a couple of hundred years ago broke through into a neolithic burial chamber but just blocked up the hole and told no one...
@DamonHD @0xabad1dea there is something like this in edinburgh
it is a tourist attraction by now
https://www.realmarykingsclose.com/there must be so much more stuff underground in a lot of places...
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@DamonHD @0xabad1dea there is something like this in edinburgh
it is a tourist attraction by now
https://www.realmarykingsclose.com/there must be so much more stuff underground in a lot of places...
@thierna @0xabad1dea I used to live more or less above that (the winding stairs down from the flat main entrance front door just stopped abruptly!) but never got a chance to visit...
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A visual novel plotline sprung to life:
- Kids at a high school in Rome had been telling each other for decades that there were secret rooms under the school. Teachers laughed it off as playground rumors
- During a protest sit-in, the kids took the opportunity to go where they’re not supposed to go and reported that there were really, definitely secret rooms under the school
- The staff found a mysterious iron door in the basement that apparently no-one knew the purpose of; after getting it open, they found some sort of disused furnace… which opened directly into an entire ancient Roman villa
@0xabad1dea rather pleasing to confirm the "adults are completely clueless" trope from the best of kids fiction
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A visual novel plotline sprung to life:
- Kids at a high school in Rome had been telling each other for decades that there were secret rooms under the school. Teachers laughed it off as playground rumors
- During a protest sit-in, the kids took the opportunity to go where they’re not supposed to go and reported that there were really, definitely secret rooms under the school
- The staff found a mysterious iron door in the basement that apparently no-one knew the purpose of; after getting it open, they found some sort of disused furnace… which opened directly into an entire ancient Roman villa
@0xabad1dea The most amazing line is “They found the key…”
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the most Roman part of this story is the one where the guy digging the basement accidentally connected directly into an intact ancient manor and didn’t even bother telling anyone because it’d just be more paperwork for everyone
@0xabad1dea back home in LA I was digging in the garden and found a coke bottle that had to be like over 30 years old, man
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@0xabad1dea rather pleasing to confirm the "adults are completely clueless" trope from the best of kids fiction
@fishidwardrobe in one of the photos you can see graffiti that reads "Indiana Jones 2013"... kids had been successfully getting in for decades before the adults believed them
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A visual novel plotline sprung to life:
- Kids at a high school in Rome had been telling each other for decades that there were secret rooms under the school. Teachers laughed it off as playground rumors
- During a protest sit-in, the kids took the opportunity to go where they’re not supposed to go and reported that there were really, definitely secret rooms under the school
- The staff found a mysterious iron door in the basement that apparently no-one knew the purpose of; after getting it open, they found some sort of disused furnace… which opened directly into an entire ancient Roman villa
@0xabad1dea not quite as old(!) but a fancy school near me recently found some Tudor-era tunnels and artefacts: https://newhallschool.co.uk/tudor-tunnels-and-artefacts-discovered-during-repair-works-at-new-hall-school/
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A visual novel plotline sprung to life:
- Kids at a high school in Rome had been telling each other for decades that there were secret rooms under the school. Teachers laughed it off as playground rumors
- During a protest sit-in, the kids took the opportunity to go where they’re not supposed to go and reported that there were really, definitely secret rooms under the school
- The staff found a mysterious iron door in the basement that apparently no-one knew the purpose of; after getting it open, they found some sort of disused furnace… which opened directly into an entire ancient Roman villa
@0xabad1dea no photos of the frescoes, sadly
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A visual novel plotline sprung to life:
- Kids at a high school in Rome had been telling each other for decades that there were secret rooms under the school. Teachers laughed it off as playground rumors
- During a protest sit-in, the kids took the opportunity to go where they’re not supposed to go and reported that there were really, definitely secret rooms under the school
- The staff found a mysterious iron door in the basement that apparently no-one knew the purpose of; after getting it open, they found some sort of disused furnace… which opened directly into an entire ancient Roman villa
@0xabad1dea Reminds me of my childhood in Germany, starring at a dark stinky hole behind a barn. Wind came out of it. We knew about ancient folklore of galleries under the town and told us stories about people fleeing underground.
Today, the restored old galleries are a tourist attraction. And scientists found out, that Carl Schurz, the famous revolutionary, hid in that "Stinkgraben" (stinky ditch) before fleeing to the USA. It connected the town with a village near the French border. -
the most Roman part of this story is the one where the guy digging the basement accidentally connected directly into an intact ancient manor and didn’t even bother telling anyone because it’d just be more paperwork for everyone
@0xabad1dea That actually checks out
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A visual novel plotline sprung to life:
- Kids at a high school in Rome had been telling each other for decades that there were secret rooms under the school. Teachers laughed it off as playground rumors
- During a protest sit-in, the kids took the opportunity to go where they’re not supposed to go and reported that there were really, definitely secret rooms under the school
- The staff found a mysterious iron door in the basement that apparently no-one knew the purpose of; after getting it open, they found some sort of disused furnace… which opened directly into an entire ancient Roman villa
@0xabad1dea
For decades! How long does it take to graduate from high school there? -
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