The Gates to Hell Discovered

Archeologists have discovered what they believe to be the gates to the underworld . . . er, what they believe that the ancients believed to be the gates to the underworld. While digging in and around the city of Heiropolis they found a cave with a stair leading down into it. The article does not tell us how well preserved the site is, but presumably they have evidence to make this assertion.

Apparently the ancients would send animals in as a sacrifice to Pluto; the cave, a source of toxic gases swallowed the beast and killed them almost instantly. Some priests were able to enter, according to the article because they knew where to walk, though this seems a strange approach with lots of problems on the discovery end. But the priests did survive somehow . . .

Of course its possible there were the gates to hell and the priests were blessed and not affected by the weight of death.

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