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Pluto's 'Gate to Hell' uncovered in Turkey
www.iTech Post.com ^ | April , 2013 | Pierre Dumont

Posted on 04/02/2013 1:36:33 PM PDT by Beowulf9

Italian archaeologists have uncovered Pluto's Gate, the so-called "gate to hell," in southwestern Turkey.

In Greco-Roman mythology the cave was considered the portal to the underworld. It was found in the ancient ruins of Hierapolis, now called Pamukkale, and was described by Cicero and the Greek geographer Strabo in their writings. According to Strabo, the opening was filled with deadly vapors.

"This space is full of vapor so misty and dense that one can scarcely see the ground. Any animal that passes inside meets instant death," Strabo wrote. "I threw in sparrows and they immediately breathed their last and fell...

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: anatolia; ancient; godsgravesglyphs; greece; hell; pluto; turkey
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1 posted on 04/02/2013 1:36:34 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Neat.

I am reminded of other places where Carbon Monoxide (???) or some such deadly gas seeps up out of the ground, and kills animals which wander nearby.


2 posted on 04/02/2013 1:43:09 PM PDT by mbarker12474 (If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
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To: Beowulf9; SunkenCiv
According to D'Andria, Pluto's Gate was a sort of tourist attraction, where pilgrims tested the cave's deadly emissions with small birds, while priests sacrificed bulls to Pluto. Animals were led into the cave, then brought out dead. Pilgrims slept near the cave after taking water from the pool and received visions and prophecies.

I hope they gated off their hellish discovery. One curious child and ... lawsuit!

3 posted on 04/02/2013 1:46:44 PM PDT by NYer (Beware the man of a single book - St. Thomas Aquinas)
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To: mbarker12474
I am reminded of other places where Carbon Monoxide (???) or some such deadly gas seeps up

Sorry. It was the burrito.

/johnny

4 posted on 04/02/2013 1:47:34 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Beowulf9

The cave goes down to a source in Washington DC


5 posted on 04/02/2013 1:50:42 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (()
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To: mbarker12474

I remember reading an article in Smithsonian about a lake in Africa which, you might say, “burped” and the released gases killed a lot of people and animals. I don’t remember any details but surely an Internet search could bring up more info.


6 posted on 04/02/2013 1:55:42 PM PDT by stayathomemom (Beware of kittens modifying your posts.)
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To: Beowulf9
"We could see the cave's lethal properties during the excavation," he said. "Several birds died as they tried to get close to the warm opening, instantly killed by the carbon dioxide fumes."

Not carbon dioxide! (Do birds die if people exhale on them?)

7 posted on 04/02/2013 1:59:08 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Quien vive? JESUS! Y a su nombre? GLORIA! Y a su pueblo? VICTORIA!)
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To: Beowulf9; Revolting cat!; SunkenCiv; Slings and Arrows

I want to see a picture of the road leading to it. How have the good intentions weathered?


8 posted on 04/02/2013 2:09:24 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Tax-chick
Not carbon dioxide! (Do birds die if people exhale on them?)

Get yourself surrounded by pure carbon dioxide, and you will asphyxiate PDQ.

(What we breathe out is only a percent or two richer in carbon dioxide that what we breathed in.)

9 posted on 04/02/2013 2:10:00 PM PDT by Oberon (Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
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To: NYer; Revolting cat!
while priests sacrificed bulls to Pluto


10 posted on 04/02/2013 2:12:14 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: mbarker12474
Up in Mammoth Lakes, California. A minor earthquake opened a fissure that let out CO2 that killed about ten acres of trees.


11 posted on 04/02/2013 2:16:32 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: Beowulf9

Looks lik my inlaw’s place...


12 posted on 04/02/2013 2:19:14 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Oberon

Oh, thanks. (My children’s success in science competition is not related to anything I know.)


13 posted on 04/02/2013 2:19:47 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Quien vive? JESUS! Y a su nombre? GLORIA! Y a su pueblo? VICTORIA!)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

Wait a minute... trees inhale CO2.


14 posted on 04/02/2013 2:21:27 PM PDT by Rio (Tempis Fugit.)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

They have had groups camping near Mammoth Lakes die from the high CO2 concentration from volcanic vents.

Very active area; the ground there is rising constantly.


15 posted on 04/02/2013 2:22:11 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Rio

Not 100% CO2! too acidic.


16 posted on 04/02/2013 2:23:22 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Beowulf9

The gate to Hell is in a muslim country? Of course...


17 posted on 04/02/2013 2:31:00 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
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To: JRandomFreeper
Sorry. It was the burrito.

Now that was funny. Thank you for the laugh

18 posted on 04/02/2013 2:32:29 PM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: Beowulf9
Pluto's 'Gate to Hell' uncovered in Turkey

Hussein's REAL BC must list Turkey


19 posted on 04/02/2013 2:32:59 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (It's not "GUN CONTROL"! It's "PEOPLE CONTROL"!)
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To: editor-surveyor
A few years back I believe it was three ski patrol officers were killed on Mammoth Mountain. One fell through the snow into a void that had formed filled with CO2 and the other two were killed trying to rescue him.

Very few people realize that the entire valley containing Mammoth Lakes and extending all the way across 395 to Crowley Lake is one giant caldera, and Mammoth Mountain is just one lava and cinder dome. When you drive down the Owens Valley, you pass through vast lava fields and a number of cinder domes,


20 posted on 04/02/2013 2:33:55 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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