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I really wish articles like these would include photos, the referenced writings or at least the coordinates.
by MrJagil 14y ago
I really wish articles like these would include photos, the referenced writings or at least the coordinates.
- nhebb 14y agoI know - I had to search for it. This piece includes a bit of video as well: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/travel/news/archaeologists-have-uncovered-plutos-gate-an-ancient-gateway-to-hell-in-turkey/story-e6frezi0-1226611365115?sv=842fe879b7cd63798f245998c36557bf http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/travel/news/archaeologists-...
- smosher 14y agoNot to mention commas.
- xaritas 14y agoIn general the Perseus Project hosted by Tufts holds all the original material, and most translations, from the Classical period one could want. Unfortunately it still seems to be running on the same hardware it was back in 1996 when I was making heavy use of it. So instead, here is a public domain translation of the relevant section from Strabo's Geography. You're looking for paragraph 14, about halfway down the page: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/13D*.html http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/13D...
- duiker101 14y agoSome photos here http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/gate-to-hell-found-in-turkey-130329.htm http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/gate-to-hell-f...
- nitrogen 14y agoOnce again, the comments on a non-HN site have further diminished my faith in humanity.