Pamukkale’s limestone terraces and hot springs in Turkey offer breathtaking beauty and ancient curative charm ...

Located in the province of Denizli, this extraordinary landscape was a focus of interest for visitors to the nearby Hellenistic spa town of Hierapolis, founded by the Attalid kings of Pergamom at the ...

Today, Pamukkale and the ancient city of Hierapolis, which sprawls across the plateau above the white terraces, are part of a UNESCO World Heritage site that pulls in coachloads of visitors.

The ancient city of Hierapolis has long hidden a poisonous secret in its mysterious "Gate to Hell". But modern science has finally uncovered the truth behind the Roman myths. In Pamukkale in ...

The study, published last week in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, focuses on a site in the ancient city of Hierapolis, in modern-day Turkey, and suggests a simple geologic ...

Consisting of a temple, a pool, and a cavern—the "gate"—it was seen as a passage to the underworld and formed part of the ruined ancient city of Hierapolis, founded around 190 BC ...

Excavated from amid the ruins of the ancient Hellenistic city of Hierapolis, the site offers a glimpse into ancient rituals and geological phenomena. Pluto's Gate, or Ploutonion in Greek ...

Since antiquity, Hierapolis was known for its thermal springs and still today some the ruins of the ancient city are slowly buried by minerals deposited from the hot water. Such thermal springs ...

Hierapolis ruins of the ancient city Pamukkale in Turkey. He believes it is possible that the cave sits above the Babadag fault line which could release toxic gases from the Earth’s crust.