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'Gate to Hell' guardians recovered in Turkey
Signs of the Times ^ | 11/18/2013 | Rossella Lorenzi

Posted on 11/24/2013 6:05:13 PM PST by Carbonsteel

Archaeologists digging in Turkey have found the guardians of the "Gate to Hell" -- two unique marble statues which once warned of a deadly cave in the ancient Phrygian city of Hierapolis, near Pamukkale.

Known as Pluto's Gate -- Ploutonion in Greek, Plutonium in Latin -- the cave was celebrated as the portal to the underworld in Greco-Roman mythology and tradition. It was discovered in March by a team led by Francesco D'Andria, professor of classic archaeology at the University of Salento.

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To: BenLurkin

The springs at Pamukkale are still a big draw.

The classical-period Greeks appear to have invented tourism, that is, travel for the sake of travel and seeing the sights. But tourist traps arose, and I suspect Pluto’s Gates was one of those.

here’s another:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2760029/posts?page=3#3


41 posted on 11/26/2013 6:31:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks!


42 posted on 11/26/2013 6:35:16 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Fire_on_High

The same people who decided to blow up a beached whale?


43 posted on 11/26/2013 6:41:59 PM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: CodeJockey

To suffocate a sparrow quickly, it might need to be more than just a “toxic” level. Perhaps it was a mix of carbonaceous gases. If it had some carbon MONoxide in it, it would rapidly poison any red blooded creature.


44 posted on 11/26/2013 7:17:16 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

LOL!


45 posted on 11/27/2013 9:11:02 AM PST by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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To: MUDDOG

Some of that is probably due to Ataturk’s secularization efforts.

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I was wondering about the funding. Also, I hope these sites are well guarded, as I can see some mohammedans destroying the artifacts. Maybe someone could tell them that their 72 virgins are in the cave.


46 posted on 11/27/2013 9:15:07 AM PST by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

What do you make of this claim in the article?

Indeed, the fumes coming from the depths of Hierapolis’ phreatic groundwater produced hallucinations.

(Other than the apparent redundancy.)


47 posted on 11/27/2013 9:28:41 AM PST by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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To: Bigg Red
I just looked at google to see if I could find out who's funding it, but couldn't.

I did gather that in general a lot of funding comes from nonprofit foundations. In the current case, you have to figure the University of Salento picked up some of the bill.

My comment re Ataturk was more to the good attitude of Turkey rather than funding. They were very scrupulous in preserving archaeological remains in their recent construction of the Bosphorus tunnel.

I know what you mean about preserving things from Taliban-types.

48 posted on 11/27/2013 9:33:16 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: MUDDOG

My comment re Ataturk was more to the good attitude of Turkey rather than funding.

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Oh, I realize that. It seems that his reforms did do a lot of good there during and after his reign, but I wonder which way things are trending now.


49 posted on 11/27/2013 2:45:15 PM PST by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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To: MUDDOG

Do you work for Erdogan and the Turk propaganda machine? Turks have done nothing to preserve - they are the masters of death and destruction.


50 posted on 11/27/2013 5:39:28 PM PST by eleni121 ("All Along the Watchtower" Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21, verses 5-9)
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To: Bigg Red

Why is it that so many Americans have bought into the fabricated narrative about Mustafa Kemal - a perpetrator of genocide par excellence? You would not say “he did a lot of good” thes about Stalin or HItler or Pol Pot...or maybe you would...


51 posted on 11/27/2013 5:43:47 PM PST by eleni121 ("All Along the Watchtower" Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21, verses 5-9)
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To: eleni121
I'm a fan of the Byzantine Empire. I consider Manzikert one of the big disasters in world history.

BTW I don't work for Erdogan and the Turk propaganda machine.

52 posted on 11/27/2013 5:49:09 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: eleni121

Okay, sounds like I have a lot to learn about Attaturk. Which is not to say that I know much about him to begin with.


53 posted on 11/27/2013 6:20:41 PM PST by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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To: DManA

Pluto NEVER wears pants or trousers of any sort!!!


54 posted on 12/07/2013 4:34:45 PM PST by dcwusmc (A FREE People have no sovereign save Almighty GOD!!! III OK We are EVERYWHERE!!!)
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