What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world Where it is from: Abu Habba (Sippar), an ...

A major redrawing of the map of the South China Sea began when Xi ... including container flows on some of the world’s busiest sea-lanes, has been unaffected. China’s coastguard has notionally ...

"These newly reported discoveries [of mass graves] confirm our darkest fears. The people of Ukraine and the world deserve to ...

When it comes to operating beyond the limits of the known world into the world of imagination, [the tablet] is indispensable, ...

The distortions of maps can influence how we see the world. Astoundingly, we’ve been viewing things incorrectly since 1569.

As governments around the world have enacted new measures and given ... and northern Italy between January and March 2019 in the maps below. But in these places, shutdowns have been stricter ...

There’s now a sequel, Kingdom of the Sky 2: The World Burns, so if you enjoyed the first one, jump straight into the follow up. This sci-fi Minecraft map took its creators three months to build ...

On the second floor of the Library of Saint Marks in Venice, a map of the world occupies an entire room – and rightfully so, considering its historical significance and imposing size.

Legend has it that a headless sculpture of the god Yaxachtun at the site formerly terrified the local Lacandon people, who feared that the world would end when the head was replaced. With its ...

Maps have always been an important part of Tolkien’s world, both in and out of universe. Handily, on The Rings of Power, we get to see the map a lot to keep us grounded. But with all the ...

The following timeline and maps describe a few instances of Allied ... In August 1942, the representative of the World Jewish Congress in Sqitzerland, Gerhart Riegner, was informed of a German ...

What to do? He decided that a magnificent gift—a lavish map of the world—might maneuver him into the new king’s good graces. D’Annebault hired Pierre Desceliers, one of the best ...