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Show How Ship Will Be Salved I Italian government engineers have I apprised a plun for raining from Lake J Nenil near Home the pleasure galleys of Emperor Tiberius who died In 37 J A. P. It Is believed that these gal- 1 leys are well preserved and that they will throw much light on the social life of the Roman nobility of that period. i The question has attracted the atten- s flon of archoologlsts for centuries. , i Even as early as the Sixteenth een- ry a scientist named Albertl risked Ids life In an attempt to rulse the ancient an-cient vessels. About thirty years ago ; , Professor Maes, who spent years ; j on his project, devised machinery '; which raised valuable pieces of bronze . I and marble. But It was found Impos- . I m! 1)1 e to raise the galleys because of I their great weight. By the new plan ' i the lake will he drained by cutting a I tunnel through the side of the extinct volcano crater In which the lake Is ' jj situated. The project will probably cost $100,000. Pathfinder Magazine. |