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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

The “Gate to Hell” in the Ancient Greek City of Hierapolis

The famed “Gate to Hell” at the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Hierapolis in western Turkey opened to regular visitors in 2022. Known also 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. Its name is derived from a combination of […]


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