An archaeological team, digging in a remote village and led by an old professor, unearths an old Roman artifact, a gravestone bearing some mysterious inscriptions. When realizing that they have stumbled upon something precious, he collapses with a heart attack. Seemingly dead for people around him, he finds himself in a sort of afterlife state and realizes that the stone marked a passage into the classical underworld so he starts mingling with the antique spirits of the dead. The spirits themselves appear just as silly and petty as the peasants from the village above them, and in their desire to see what happened to their descendants, they find themselves surprised by the modern world of the living.
Question: Why does the old professor collapse?, Answer: He has a heart attack Question: Who does the old professor meet after collapsing?, Answer: The antique spirits of the dead Question: Who is in the afterlife with the professor?, Answer: Ancestors of people living in the town. Question: What artifact is discovered?, Answer: A gravestone Question: What was on the gravestone?, Answer: A passage into the afterlife Question: What happens to the professor after finding the gravestone?, Answer: He has a heart attack and enters the afterlife. Question: What is the old Roman artifact?, Answer: A gravestone bearing mysterious inscriptions Question: What surprises the spirits?, Answer: How the world lives Question: How are the spirits described?, Answer: Silly and petty