Pub 226 meters underground

Published on February 26, 2010 | No comments | 1,145 views

If you don’t suffer claustrophobia and you don’t mind dark places you can visit this pub 226 meters (741 feet) underground during the underground tour at Gold Reef City.

The pub is on level 5 of the mine known as Shaft 14 at Gold Reef City, six kilometers south of the city centre. The tour takes 35 minutes and will give you an idea of what it must have been like to work 12-hour shifts down the mine to earn a living.

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When Shaft 14 was opened in 1897, just 11 years after Johannesburg was established, there was no electricity at the mine. Lighting underground was by means of candles, which posed a risk for explosions caused by methane gas. Combined with the darkness, the wetness, the heat, …

The Creation of Pandora

Published on February 21, 2010 | No comments | 1,321 views

Everything started when all the Gods and Titans were on a meeting. It was organized to decide who was taking the biggest portion of an ox that had been offered in sacrifice. Prometheus presented the ox divided in two portions: a selection of the best meat hidden inside an ox’s stomach and the ox’s bones wrapped completely in “glistening fat”.

Zeus took as Prometheus wanted, taking all the bones. When Zeus discovered the trick, he used all his rage to punish Prometheus and his beloved humans. To start he took away the fire from the humans, but Prometheus stole it again to bring it back to the humans. Then Zeus said: “You really delighted in swindling me by stealing the fire, but soon you will find it a curse to yourself and to men yet to be. I shall give them a present to compensate for the fire.”

Then, Zeus ordered Hefesos …