Uncovering
The first uncovering of and expeditions into the abandoned dungeons were organised in the interwar period by students of Vilnius University. Electricity was installed in parts of the dungeons back then as well. The students, however, were working against all archeological practice and therefore did a lot of damage to the dungeons; they also desecrated bodies. They destroyed some inner walls and unsealed some crypts by destroying walls to them. Other dubious practices included the "sorting" of bones of dead bodies, such as putting all skulls on shelves, purposely built near walls. Students' investigations stopped however when a crypt was found in which certain evidence made people believe that in that crypt were plague victims; then the dungeons were sealed off. There was limited research later without uncovering new crypts.
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