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Workers Uncover Underground Chamber Sealed for over a Century Near National Mall

smithsonianmag.com

35 pointsSMBriney22 comments

They found a small hole with nothing in it and someone decided to write an article about it?

It's more exciting than that. It used to have water in it. Ok, that isn't very exciting either.

IIUC, I think it was built to have water in it, but sealed up, so it never did. So not quite the thrill you're describing.

Haven't you seen National Treasure? Who knows what sort of eye wear sits behind those bricks!

Maybe they were trying to appeal to tankies.

The subtitle is more honest:

> The dry cistern was discovered by construction crews...

So it's more interesting than (say) a section of disused drainage pipe, but not by much.

Coolest thing about the article, IMO, is the photograph of https://www.si.edu/castle

Someone get Nic Cage on the phone, we have a sequel to make!

Geraldo Rivera would like to live-stream entering it for the very first time during prime time for all the world to see.

But not before 50mins of media garbage

The History Channel would turn it into 18 episode season.

I was thinking Ben Stiller

Calling this a "chamber" seems like a stretch. A chamber is a kind of room, but a cistern is just an underground tank.

I clicked hoping it was a prohibition era hidden room at least, but no it’s just a fucking water tank.

Don’t even feel guilty about the ad blocker they guilt tripped me about.

Wait 'till the find my septic tank 500-years from now.

Lucky they found it safely and it wasn't discovered by a worker falling in it

clickbait title

After reading the subtitle 100% agreed.

Dan Brown about to write an entire book about this

If they think a 200 year old cistern is newsworthy, what would they think about the ones at Knossos or Tel Megiddo?

Workers also noticed the meowing and scratching noises stopped.

That'd be a great level in the next Fallout

Good place to hide something