UNDERWORLD. The term underworld refers to the subterranean region inhabited by the dead. It is often the place of punishment of the wicked, the unrighteous, the unredeemed, the unbelieving, or the lost. The concept of an underworld is an ingredient in...

In the study of mythology and religion, the underworld is a generic term approximately equivalent to the lay term afterlife, referring to any place to which newly dead souls go. See also: descent to the underworld and psychopomp Rulers of the...

Some underworld figures whose stories will be told when Las Vegas opens its mob museum:Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel.Pioneered Las Vegas as America's glamorous gambling capital, opening the lavish Flamingo hotel-casino in 1946. Rubbed out in 1947 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Hollywood handsome, he was played by...

Baby-faced author Vikram Chandra, in brown V-neck sweater and sipping a skimmed latte, does not immediately strike you as a guy who has spent most of the past decade hanging out with gangsters.Nor does the soft-spoken novelist swagger like someone who has become an international...

Archaeologists in Mexico City announced plans Friday to hold tours of inaccessible buried ruins via glass-covered shafts looking down on the sites.Two daylong guided tours of the sites, known as "archaeological windows," are scheduled for April, and will take visitors to about 20 sites currently...

A court on Wednesday condemned a former lawmaker to death for his role in a 1994 murder of a government official, the first time a member of India's parliament has received a capital sentence.Anand Mohan and two other politicians were sentenced to hang for their...