==> Guided tours of the historic tunnel beneath via San Giovanni a Carbonara again this year? FromWorld Caving News http://www.zenas.gr/WCN => 14 Apr. 2006.Though it is not yet official, our underground sources tell us that lighting is being installed in sections of the historic Bolla Aqueduct beneath via San Giovanni a Carbonara suggesting that guided tours for the public may be offered during Naples Monuments in May city celebration.Last year on from the 5th to the 29th of may, several hundred people were taken on free guided tours of sections of the famed Bolla aqueduct that was built by the Greeks almost 2,500 years ago. The section of the ancient tunneled waterway is of importance because it ran beneath the ancient fortified wall that surrounded and protected Naples. It was impenetrable. The aqueduct was used on two occasions, however, to sneak in armed troops who then opened the nearby gate from the inside allowing conquering troops to enter and overpower the defenders of the city within the walls. The story reads like a Mission Impossible movie script.The first sneak attack took place in 537 AD...Source: http://www.napoliunderground.org/Article378.html http://www.zenas.gr/site/home/eng_detail.asp?iData=4224 ==> Stone Age artists are getting older FromWorld Caving News http://www.zenas.gr/WCN => 13 Apr. 2006.RECENT discoveries in Italy and Germany have pushed back the age of Stone Age art in Europe by several millennia. Cave painting from near Verona and carved animal figures from the Danube valley suggest that our ancestors were creating art across a broad area well before 30,000 years ago. Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,61-2037531,00.html http://www.zenas.gr/site/home/eng_detail.asp?iData=4222 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SpeleoUnion http://groups.google.ru/group/SpeleoUnion -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
