As reported by the Toronto-based National Post, April 2, 2013:
Archaeologists have discovered a “gate to hell” at a dig site in Turkey.
The ruin is known as Pluto’s Gate, and was fabled as the doors to the underworld in both Greek and Roman traditions. The gate is known as the Plutonium in Latin.
The cave where the ruins were located emit dangerous and poisonous gasses, much like the gate was said to do in Greek mythology...
Go here for the original Discovery News article.
This "Gate to Hell" is similar to the "Door to Hell" near Derweze, Turkmenistan; it was discovered by Soviet geologists in 1971 when they drilled into a natural gas chamber and ignited the gas, which has been burning ever since. The urban legend site Snopes doesn't mention it, but I wonder if the Soviets' discovery of the "Door to Hell" may be connected (in addition to the Russian well mentioned by Snopes) with the "Well to Hell" urban legend that was popular in charismatic circles circa 1989-1990, according to which geologists in Siberia had drilled a hole so deep into the Earth that when they lowered microphones down the well, they could hear the screams of tormented souls.
Daily Luther Sermon Quote - Lent 5 - "Just then Moses came and brought them
God’s Word that comforted them in the midst of death and preserved them
alive, when he said in verse 13: “Fear not, stand still, and see the
salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians
whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more for ever.” They
clung to this Word and held out until victory came; through it life
appeared in the presence of death, because they believed the Word, that it
would come to pass, and relying upon it they marched into the midst of the
Red Sea, which stood on both sides of them like two walls."
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Luther's Sermons - John 8:46-59.
Judica. Fifth Sunday in Lent
12. Let us take another example. When Israel marched out of Egypt and came
to the Red ...
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