Italian high school students discover ancient Roman luxury house beneath their gym near the Colosseum
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Kristina Killgrove
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Italian high school students near the Colosseum discovered an ancient Roman luxury house (domus) beneath their school gymnasium after years of rumors about hidden rooms. Following student-led explorations and notification of authorities, archaeologists excavated the site and confirmed it was a large, luxurious second-century Roman residence with dark corridors and chambers.
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· 3 pulledFor years, students at a high school just steps from the Colosseum in Rome have spun tales of mysterious rooms hidden underneath the gymnasium floor.
Now, it turns out those rumors have more than a grain of truth to them.
Students on several clandestine explorations happened upon an ancient structure beneath their school.
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