• Elise@beehaw.org
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    4 months ago

    It really makes you wonder how they built it there. Like, they hadn’t even discovered oxygen yet.

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      4 months ago

      And how did they hold the tools with their fins?

      In its heyday, the house sat in a prime location overlooking the sea. However, the region is also home to the Phlegraean Fields, a sprawling volcanic area near Naples. Due to bradyseism, a geological phenomenon in which the ground sinks or rises due to pressure changes under the earth’s surface, the house ultimately fell into the Gulf of Pozzuoli.