ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRIUMPH
REPORT FROM ROME (United Press Association —By Eieotrio Telegraph—Copy right) ("Times” Cables) LONDON, 12th October. “The Times” Rome correspondent states: “Described as one of the greatest archaeological triumphs of recent years, Professor Maiuri, Superintendent of Antiquities, discovered on the west side of Mount Cumae the cave in which Sibil of Camae delivered the Oracles and predicted the foundation of Rome to Aeneas. Professor Maiuri, exploring a wine cellar, discovered a corridor exactly described by Virgil in the sixth book of Aenid, ending in the vaulted chamber in which Sibil dwelt.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 13 October 1932, Page 7
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