Experts Found An Underground Tomb And Walked Into A Very Grim Scene
Being an archaeologist can require a certain amount of nerve. Sure, not every excavation is going to play out like a scene from Indiana Jones, but you’re still liable to find some pretty weird things in the ground occasionally if you look hard enough. And that’s a lesson this group working in Peru learned the hard way. As they got to work on the site of Cajamarquilla, these guys found something deeply disturbing staring up at them.
Nerves of steel
The archaeologists had been working inside a subterranean chamber whose entrance snaked its way deep under the desolate Andean landscape. This is where that nerve comes in. After all, would you feel comfortable following a series of ancient steps leading straight into darkness? Not everyone would be cut out for that sort of endeavor.
Age-old chamber
This group was clearly up to the task, though. Down they went, gingerly descending the steps and entering an age-old chamber that time seemed to have forgotten. What must have been going through their minds? We can only imagine… The presumably fetid air. The smell. Lesser people surely would have bolted back up to the surface!
Face-to-face
The tension didn’t exactly ease up the deeper these archaeologists forged into the ancient chamber. It quickly became clear that they weren’t alone down there. Something had called this space home for the past 1,000 or so years, and the team was about to come face-to-face with it.
Frightful sight
These people were professionals, so they were presumably confident of not getting too fazed by anything they were likely to find on this excavation. But can you really prepare for a dig like this? Because what they ultimately encountered there, deep underground, was a frightful sight that will surely stay with them forever.
