underground chamber

That seemed the most plausible explanation for how more than 1,800 bone fragments ended up deep in an underground chamber reachable only by a four-story vertical drop through a 7.5-inch-wide slot—the length of a pencil—they dubbed the Chute.

A body that began the mummification process at the top of the “funeral home” could have been buried directly below, presumably after spending a few weeks being prepared in the underground chamber.

Commander Skala, as he wants to be called, is controlling the Ukrainian operation to defend the city of Bakhmut in the eastern Donbas region from an underground chamber off a nondescript street.

On a recent December afternoon, Mr. Baumgaertel removed the cover leading to an underground chamber.

In 1998 Mr. Smith was part of a team of cavers who discovered a 4.5-acre, 350-foot-tall underground chamber in East Tennessee they named the Rumble Room.