# Archaeologists in Rome may have found the Lupercale (legendary cave of Romulus) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeologists-in-rome-may-have-found-the-lupercale-legendary-cave-of-romulus/427290 "2007-11-21T05:14:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeologists-in-rome-may-have-found-the-lupercale-legendary-cave-of-romulus/427290/1 "2007-11-21T05:14:27Z")
[Link](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22795671-2,00.html) A pretty significant find, if confirmed. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeologists-in-rome-may-have-found-the-lupercale-legendary-cave-of-romulus/427290/2 "2007-11-21T05:18:35Z")
Historical? I’d say. What a cool find. I can’t wait for the day they find Genghis Khan’s final resting place. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeologists-in-rome-may-have-found-the-lupercale-legendary-cave-of-romulus/427290/3 "2007-11-21T13:26:27Z")
Damn fantastic. Of course I cant wait until they dig into the First Emperor of China’s tomb. I want to see if the whole rivers of mercury and miniature of the empire map myth is true. Of course I am somewhat spoiled by [Qin](http://www.viewbyview.com/html/qin.html) - although I have not been able to get it to work on my Cp winbox=( [I cant get the orrery to work=(] ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeologists-in-rome-may-have-found-the-lupercale-legendary-cave-of-romulus/427290/4 "2007-11-21T14:15:22Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Historical? I’d say. What a cool find. I can’t wait for the day they find Genghis Khan’s final resting place. [/QUOTE] I’m not dead _yet_. . . . . . what? Oh. . . . Never mind . . . ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeologists-in-rome-may-have-found-the-lupercale-legendary-cave-of-romulus/427290/5 "2007-11-21T14:41:42Z")
[QUOTE=Genghis Bob] I’m not dead _yet_. . . . . . what? Oh. . . . Never mind . . . [/QUOTE] No, “final” resting place. Finding your couch doesn’t count. Year old cheesy poofs and spare change in the cushions don’t count as “treasure”. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeologists-in-rome-may-have-found-the-lupercale-legendary-cave-of-romulus/427290/6 "2007-11-21T14:50:35Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] No, “final” resting place. Finding your couch doesn’t count. Year old cheesy poofs and spare change in the cushions don’t count as “treasure”. [/QUOTE] Says you! _sets out to find the Treasure of GenghisBob’s Couch_