During their excavation of the site in 2013, archaeologists reported witnessing several birds dropping dead after flying too ...

THE ancient Turkish city of Hierapolis hosts what is believed to be the oldest ‘Gate to Hell’ on Earth. It is a passage once used for animal sacrifices to the Greek god of death, Pluto ...

It's known from historical accounts that the shrine was thought to be a "Gate to Hell" in ancient times, a powerful portal ...

Named for the maiden-snatching, shadow-dwelling god of the underworld, the small but mighty planet Pluto is associated with destruction, subversion, depth, intensity, primal urges, the taboo ...

For decades, Pluto was celebrated as the ninth planet of our solar system. However, in 2006, the International Astronomical ...

Christy suggested the name Charon after the mythological ferryman who carried souls across to the underworld. In Roman mythology, Pluto was the god of the underworld where the souls of the dead ...

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

Across the ocean, an 11-year-old English girl named Venetia Burney casually proposed the name “Pluto,” after the Roman god of the underworld. It seemed an appropriately dark name for a planet ...