A “gate to hell” has emerged from ruins in southwestern Turkey, Italian archaeologists have announced. Known as Pluto's Gate — Ploutonion in Greek, Plutonium in Latin — the cave was celebrated as the portal to the
While Sachs also cautions that the effects of public diplomacy on U.S.-Israeli shared security objectives are “real but limited,” the president's trip also provided an opportune moment for Netanyahu to make gestures towards Turkey – and perhaps even
News last week from the Italian newswire Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA) revealed that Italian archaeologists working in the ancient Phrygian city of Hierapolis, in modern-day Turkey, discovered the city's ancient “Gate to the Underworld.
The "Gate to Hell," also known as Pluto's Gate, was known in mythology as the portal to the underworld. Greek writer Strabo wrote in his 17-volume "Geographica" — an encyclopedia of ancient geography — that the gate was filled with poisonous vapors.
"A 'gate to hell' has emerged from ruins in southwestern Turkey, Italian archaeologists have announced. Known as Pluto's Gate — Ploutonion in Greek, Plutonium in Latin — the cave was celebrated as the portal to the
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