Word: trapezium
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cumaean Rock and prowl speculatively through its grottoes. To the south side of the Rock are vineyards, whose owners use the caves to store their wine tuns. Something in one of the cellars attracted Dr. Maiuri's attention. He picked at a wall, found that it blocked a trapezium-shaped passageway 20 ft. high, 10 ft. wide at the bottom, 40 ft. long. Lateral tunnels led to the sheer face of the Cumaean Rock. The tunnels admitted light...
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