News item as posted now at Swiminfo.com:
650 year old swimming pool discovered in Cairo...
F.I.N.A. officials angrily deny rumours that they were scouting the facility for next Masters' Worlds, asserting that official measurements would have to be made...but refused to rule out the possibility.
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I found this short article on the history of swimming pools. Looks like the Romans built swimming pools around 1900 to 2000 years ago: "The first heated swimming pool was built by Gaius Maecenas of Rome in the first century BC. " It was from the Romans that we got the word, natatorium. I assume they didn't have chlorine or ozone back then, so I wonder how they kept it from becoming a stinky stagnant mess.
I found this short article on the history of swimming pools. Looks like the Romans built swimming pools around 1900 to 2000 years ago: "The first heated swimming pool was built by Gaius Maecenas of Rome in the first century BC. " It was from the Romans that we got the word, natatorium. I assume they didn't have chlorine or ozone back then, so I wonder how they kept it from becoming a stinky stagnant mess.
