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.
Originally posted by DAP
"The first heated swimming pool was built by Gaius Maecenas of Rome in the first century BC. " ... so I wonder how they kept it from becoming a stinky stagnant mess.
Depends on how the pool was heated. If they let a lot of kids in to "warm it up", then I think you answered your own question. :p
Originally posted by DAP
"The first heated swimming pool was built by Gaius Maecenas of Rome in the first century BC. " ... so I wonder how they kept it from becoming a stinky stagnant mess.
Depends on how the pool was heated. If they let a lot of kids in to "warm it up", then I think you answered your own question. :p
