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Magazine Article
It's a Gas
2003
Overview
\"To find answers to questions..., you might go to an encyclopedia or Google.com. If you had lived 2,000 years ago in ancient Greece, you might have consulted the oracle at Delphi instead. The job of oracle was filled by a succession of women who lived in a temple in the town of Delphi. Each claimed to speak for the gods, advising everyone from farmers to politicians on what the future held. From about 1200 B.C. until the first century A.D., the Greeks believed that the Earth goddess Gea, then later the god Apollo, spoke to the oracle through vapors that rose from the floor of the temple. Visitors to the temple put their questions to the oracle, who then entered a separate room and inhaled the vapors. She returned, often in what seemed to be a trance, with answers. Until recently, scientists thought the vapors were a myth. Now, a team of scientists has come forth with evidence suggesting that the vapors did in fact exist.\" (Current Science) Read about one archaeologist's surprising discovery at the ruins of Delphi and find out how this discovery may help explain the mystery of the oracle at Delphi. Related Web sites and a vocabulary quiz are also included.
