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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GlassEye" data-source="post: 6597340" data-attributes="member: 40413">It is obvious to all, even those that cannot see well in the dimness, that this is part of the burial chamber constructed under the serpent mound.  The walls and ceilings are composed of tall stone slabs; beads of condensation form and slide down to the floor.  The floor is hard-packed earth, except where the stream has undercut the floor in the northeastern corner softening it and causing the stone to tilt and one to break forming the hole everyone squeezed through.  There is no natural light except what little makes it through the hole in the collapsed corner of the room.During Gratien's tour of the room he is able to figure that the room is roughly 25 feet along each wall and the western wall has a passageway in the center.  That passage looks like it goes 25 feet before ending in a T intersection.Bashing open the chest reveals skulls.  A dozen skulls rest on top of a hammered bronze shield embossed with the head of a lion.  The bronze of the shield does not exhibit the pitting and corrosion that the bronze swords do.</blockquote>