underground chamber

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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.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 1, 2023

Brenda Venables' remains were found in the underground chamber at the former marital home, Quaking House Farm, in Kempsey, Worcestershire, in 2019.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2022

The motivations were much the same for Japan’s competing neutrino experiment Hyper-K— an even bigger underground chamber that is filled with water instead of DUNE’s liquid argon.

From Scientific American • Apr. 13, 2022

What began at Trinity would continue until Sept. 23, 1992, when a detonation in an underground chamber at the Nevada Test Site marked the United States’ 1054th and final live nuclear test.

From Slate • Jul. 9, 2020

I began to think I must be in an underground chamber, lit by blinding lights, and that the chamber was full of people who for some reason were holding me down.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath