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[Norgarth]

Wow.  A reasonably accurate one -- at least the first two sentences.  Of course, it leaves out (probably in interests of space) that the "doors" are maybe a foot by a foot in size (the inset image is of it but gives no sense of scale), and are probably better called "hatches".  The third is... less accurate, as they drilled through the "door", passed a camera through and found a second door behind it, drilled through that, and basically found rough stone.  As of the article I found about it by one of the archeologists, they intend to excavate the shaft behind it to help them determine if it was for a symbolic/religious purpose (a passage to the netherworld for the king), or something practical.

I've started double checking some of the wilder claiming ones (I tossed 2 last night because I found they were based on pretty flimsy reasoning), but didn't look further into this one because I remembered the anticlimactic TV special where they drilled thru the first door.  They did say it was an airshaft which should indicate the doors are on the small side. didn't know they'd gotten around to drilling thru the 2nd door.  Technically they were right though, the door still hasn't been 'opened'