3 ms·

The mystery of the Roman 'gate to hell'

46 points by evo_9 9y ago

Zhenya 9y ago
tl;dr Carbon dioxide comes out of fizzures in the ground and asphyxiates the animal.
- bryanlarsen 9y ago
  But it doesn't kill the priests.
  - zzzeek 9y ago
    Because they are taller and breathe above it, carbon dioxide bogs lie low
    - johnnyg 9y ago
      No giraffes were harmed during the making of this ritual.
aaron695 9y ago
If you believe this shit you are a dumb cunt. Seriously read the dam "paper" it's written sooooo badly I'm not even sure what it's saying. OK yes I do know! By wording shit badly it's hard for people to disagree. What is wrong with this world, how does this shit get through? Is there anywhere I can go where people live in IRL not fantasy? Like.... It's even so SJW OMG the ancients were sooooo smart so lets let this slip any science. This is soooo bad I don't even know exactly know what they are saying????? Where is the cave..... Ohhhh It's no longer there. WTF why???
mannykannot 9y ago
The end of the article suggests that the presence of oil lamps at the site may indicate that some rituals were performed at night. An alternative use of lamps, day or night, would be to detect how high the carbon dioxide layer was.
- cyberferret 9y ago
  Good point. The 'priests' must have had some failsafe method of judging when it was safe for them to approach the entrance. Nobody wants to be the canary in the coal mine, I guess.
  - mannykannot 9y ago
    ...and you don't want your performance ruined by the sacrificial animals remaining stubbornly alive, either!
    - riffraff 9y ago
      That can be neatly worked into a sign from the gods, so no problem there.
TomK32 9y ago
We already had a post about this coming through a few days, didn't we?
acqq 9y ago
From the abstract of the paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12520-018-0599-5 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12520-018-0599-... "Two thousand years ago, only supernatural forces could explain these phenomena from Hadean depths whereas nowadays, modern techniques hint to the well-known phenomenon of geogenic CO2 degassing having mantle components with relatively higher helium and radon concentrations."
elaine9297 9y ago
I want to go and visit this place the cave
elaine9297 9y ago
I want to go and visit this place the cave i want to explore this place

46 points by evo_9 9y ago

Zhenya 9y ago

tl;dr Carbon dioxide comes out of fizzures in the ground and asphyxiates the animal.

bryanlarsen 9y ago
But it doesn't kill the priests.
- zzzeek 9y ago
  Because they are taller and breathe above it, carbon dioxide bogs lie low
  - johnnyg 9y ago
    No giraffes were harmed during the making of this ritual.

aaron695 9y ago

If you believe this shit you are a dumb cunt. Seriously read the dam "paper" it's written sooooo badly I'm not even sure what it's saying. OK yes I do know! By wording shit badly it's hard for people to disagree. What is wrong with this world, how does this shit get through? Is there anywhere I can go where people live in IRL not fantasy? Like.... It's even so SJW OMG the ancients were sooooo smart so lets let this slip any science. This is soooo bad I don't even know exactly know what they are saying????? Where is the cave..... Ohhhh It's no longer there. WTF why???

mannykannot 9y ago

The end of the article suggests that the presence of oil lamps at the site may indicate that some rituals were performed at night. An alternative use of lamps, day or night, would be to detect how high the carbon dioxide layer was.

cyberferret 9y ago
Good point. The 'priests' must have had some failsafe method of judging when it was safe for them to approach the entrance. Nobody wants to be the canary in the coal mine, I guess.
- mannykannot 9y ago
  ...and you don't want your performance ruined by the sacrificial animals remaining stubbornly alive, either!
  - riffraff 9y ago
    That can be neatly worked into a sign from the gods, so no problem there.

TomK32 9y ago

We already had a post about this coming through a few days, didn't we?

acqq 9y ago

From the abstract of the paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12520-018-0599-5 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12520-018-0599-... "Two thousand years ago, only supernatural forces could explain these phenomena from Hadean depths whereas nowadays, modern techniques hint to the well-known phenomenon of geogenic CO2 degassing having mantle components with relatively higher helium and radon concentrations."

elaine9297 9y ago

I want to go and visit this place the cave

elaine9297 9y ago

I want to go and visit this place the cave i want to explore this place