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Turkey’s “Burning Stone,” Explained

Why dozens of small fires burn at Yanartas.

By Jim Festante
Oct 26, 20141:31 PM
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Near the Olympos valley in southwestern Turkey, fires have blazed for at least the past 2,500 years, perhaps inspiring the fire-breathing Chimera in Homer’s Iliad. Now we know why.

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