LAKE NEMI FIASCO
LEAD ON GALLEYS, NOT COLD
MUSSOLINI STOPS PUMPING
ROME, 25th March. Signor Mussolini has ordered the cessation of the pumpiiig of Lake Nerai, where tho uncovered Caligula galley was found to bo built of wood'covered with lead plates, instead of the traditional gold. A second galley was similarly armoured.
A huge sum was spent by the Italian Government in draining Lake Nemi to expose the galleys or houseboats built by the Emperor Caligula. Tho results were most disappointing.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 73, 27 March 1930, Page 9
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81LAKE NEMI FIASCO Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 73, 27 March 1930, Page 9
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