[raybbr]

I viewed a tape for my Algebra class and this was the next portion. I am astounded by this.

[raybbr]

I saw your post about the 100 meter tunnel in Rome. I thought this might interest your ping list.

[ConservativeMind]

Ping, sir.

[Young Werther]

Well you know what they say...

Samos, Samos!

I'm sure my History of Ancient Greece prof is rolling over in his grave! He was born and grew up on Lemnos, (not Lesbos he would emphasize) before coming to the US to finish his studies and then terroize the students in Dev of Western Civ!

[SunkenCiv]

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	Thanks raybbr and ConservativeMind! There's a very short but interesting segment in the History Channel (?) series "Engineering an Empire" about this tunnel. Construction of tunnels to channel water into cities seems to have been commonplace in preclassic Greece, as well as in the Kingdom of David. "E an E" discusses water a *lot* in an archaeological context. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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[Radix]

 

 

Reminds me of the Psalm of the Hoopoe Bird.

 

The David Tunnel

[beebuster2000]

interesting

[JewishRighter]

Similar, but earlier case:

Hezekiah's Tunnel, or the Siloam Tunnel is a tunnel that was dug underneath the Ophel in Jerusalem about 701 BC during the reign of Hezekiah. It was probably a widening of a pre-existing cave and is mentioned in the Bible.

The tunnel[1], leading from[2] the Gihon Spring to[3] the Pool of Siloam, was designed to act as an aqueduct to provide Jerusalem with water during an impending siege by the Assyrians, led by Sennacherib. The curving tunnel is 533m long, and by using a 30 cm (0.6%) gradient altitude difference between each end, conveyed water along its length from the spring to the pool.

According to an inscription (the Siloam inscription) found within it, the tunnel was excavated by two teams, one starting at each end of the tunnel and then meeting in the middle.

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezekiah's_Tunnel