Geological Information
This rock was brought from a cave in Naples, Italy. Sybil’s Cave is located at a site in Naples called Cumae. Naples is located in a region of Italy known as Campania. Naples is near the well-known volcano Mt. Vesuvius.
Sybil's Cave
Why is this Rock on the Wall?
This rock is from a very important Greek, Roman, and modern Italian cultural site. It is an extremely old artifact that is mentioned in ancient texts.
Historical Information
This rock is extremely old, dating back to the eighth century B.C.E. It comes from near one of the oldest Greek settlements in Italy. This piece of rock was taken from Sibyl’s Cave in Cumae, Naples, Italy. The word
sibyl comes from a Greek word meaning “prophetess”. Each sibyl, or prophetess, had their own cave where they told the future and their secrets to visitors
Works Cited
Mara B.
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Limestone Rocks. Rock Hounds. http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/expert/limestone.htm. 11/29/04
Minerals, Magmas, and Volcanic Rocks. http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/rocks.html. 11/29/04
Sibyl. Online Encyclopedia. http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/s1/sibyl.asp. 11/7/04
Slope instabilities in the pyroclastic deposits of the Phlegraean district and the carbonate Apennine (Campania, Italy). International Workshop on Occurrence and Mechanisms of Flows in Natural Slopes and Earthfills. http://www.unina2.it/flows2003/flows2003/articoli/calcaterra.pdf. 11/27/04
From Where?
Naples, Italy |
