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Produced for Discovery Channel
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Ancient Greeks who found themselves in a quandary often consulted the Oracle at Delphi. Her ambiguous responses were revered as deep and profound.
While no one understood the Oracle's power, everyone respected it.
More than 1600 years after the Oracle was shut down, archeologist John Hale of the University of Louisville and geologist Jelle Zeilinga de Boer of Wesleyan University have uncovered the true source of her power.
A sweet-smelling gas.
The insightful words of wisdom she dispensed were, it seems, the product of a drug-induced euphoria.
Armed with 21st Century technology and a better understanding of fault mechanics, archeologist Hale and geologist Zeilinga de Boer take viewers on a journey to find out just how high the High Priestess really was.
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