Italian students uncover huge Roman vault beneath school after rumours of 'ghost rooms'

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Italian students have uncovered a huge Roman vault beneath their school in an astonishing chance find.Students at the Liceo Scientifico Cavour, just a short walk away from the Roman Colosseum, had long heard rumours of mysterious rooms under their sports hall.The pupils, investigating the rumours, happened upon an ancient structure underneath the school.Teachers were notified, who then told authorities.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Archaeologists were called in to take a detailed look and have no determined the structure was in fact a luxurious second-century villa.The building which now contains the school once housed a Catholic missionary congregation, built in the late 19th century.An excavation in 1895 uncovered part of the "domus" - a large ancient Roman house.The neighbourhood and roads near the Colosseum are hugely important to Rome's history, having hosted figures such as Cicero, Octavian, and Pompey.But they are not well-explored archaeologically thanks to how they now...

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