guy Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) The “Gate to Hell” in Hieropolis, Turkey will now be open to the public. It was only rediscovered in 1965 and its “mysteries” explained in 2013: The explanation for this mysterious religious site is fascinating. At the site, healthy animals were led down by priests to the entrance and they died quickly, but the priests who had accompanied them (miraculously) returned unharmed. These “miracles” had geological explanations: Quote “But Pfanz was still mystified by one thing: if this area is so deadly, why did the priests in the Ploutonion not die too? "But because carbon dioxide is heavier than air, at night when it's cooler it pools in the arena, creating a lethal lake of gas at ground level." His conclusion: the animals, with their noses close to the ground, quickly suffocated in this toxic cloud, but the priests, standing taller, were breathing much lower levels of CO2 and were able to survive.” Here is a wonderful video on the site: https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/23/ancient-gate-hell-hierapolis/ Hieropolis, Turkey Edited June 23, 2022 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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