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0xdeadbeefbabe
Workers also noticed the meowing and scratching noises stopped.
sybercecurity
Someone get Nic Cage on the phone, we have a sequel to make!
erickhill
Geraldo Rivera would like to live-stream entering it for the very first time during prime time for all the world to see.
RobRivera
But not before 50mins of media garbage
dylan604
The History Channel would turn it into 18 episode season.
ta1243
I was thinking Ben Stiller
solardev
That'd be a great level in the next Fallout
bell-cot
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

wmab
clickbait title
erickhill
After reading the subtitle 100% agreed.
tyberns
Lucky they found it safely and it wasn't discovered by a worker falling in it
pythonguython
They found a small hole with nothing in it and someone decided to write an article about it?
jandrese
It's more exciting than that. It used to have water in it. Ok, that isn't very exciting either.
notJim
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.
darknavi
Haven't you seen National Treasure? Who knows what sort of eye wear sits behind those bricks!
pfdietz
Maybe they were trying to appeal to tankies.
munchler
Calling this a "chamber" seems like a stretch. A chamber is a kind of room, but a cistern is just an underground tank.
hinkley
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.

tiahura
If they think a 200 year old cistern is newsworthy, what would they think about the ones at Knossos or Tel Megiddo?
complianceowl
Wait 'till the find my septic tank 500-years from now.
j1mmie
Dan Brown about to write an entire book about this