Maps are tools to show you where you are going, but they can also show you where you came from. That principle drives the work of Roberto Rodríguez and Patrisia Gonzales, who study ancient maps, oral ...

The idea of nations as neatly bordered spaces can be traced partly to medieval maps of biblical Israel. In A Nutshell ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

In a remote stretch of canyon country along the US-Mexico border, painted walls are rewriting what we think we know about the ...

It took decades for archaeologists to realize this 3,500-year-old tablet depicts an ancient city at scale. But how did its creators pull that off?

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, Google and others. But it is still fun to look at old maps and see how geographic perceptions have changed and refined through the centuries. Koreans have been mapping their territory and region for ...

Some people collect cars; others collect historical artifacts, like, say, a comprehensive catalog of ancient maps and ceramics. Designing a home for such a set is no small task. To meet this challenge ...

Now’s your chance to tour ancient Egypt for much less than the price of a plane ticket. On Wednesday, Google Maps announced its latest accomplishment in its quest to map the entire planet with its ...