{"id":17017,"date":"2022-05-21T18:30:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T13:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=17017"},"modified":"2022-05-21T18:30:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T13:30:27","slug":"the-well-of-hell-locked-for-millions-of-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/05\/21\/the-well-of-hell-locked-for-millions-of-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;well of hell&#8217; locked for millions of years."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the first time in history, members of the Omani Caves Exploration Team examined a well in Yemen that has been a source of magical lore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mythical sinkhole known as the &#8216;Well of Hell&#8217; emerged millions of years ago in the middle of the desert near al-Mahra and is 30m wide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Travelers and locals alike have avoided the Well of Barhout out of fear of what lurked within its depths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many thought the well was a secret prison for wish-granting genies, but after one curious Yemeni smelled a unique odor emerging from the deep, the stories changed from a jail for dissatisfied genies to a jail for disgruntled humans. A more plausible theory regards the &#8216;well of hell&#8217; as a dormant volcano, albeit one poised to destroy the earth at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, however, a party of explorers took it upon themselves to investigate the 367-foot-deep sinkhole and see what lay beneath, making them the first group of humans to successfully reach the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using a skillfully designed pulley system, the crew descended the strangely symmetrical circle entrance. Eight of the ten members of the team were lowered 112 meters to the well floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortunately, they were met with firm ground at the bottom of the sinkhole. But, with no genie in sight, the squad was met with an overwhelming stink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in history, members of the Omani Caves Exploration Team examined a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The &#039;well of hell&#039; locked for millions of years.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A more plausible theory regards the &#039;well of hell&#039; as a dormant volcano, albeit one poised to destroy the earth at any time.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/05\/21\/the-well-of-hell-locked-for-millions-of-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The &#039;well of hell&#039; 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