Google Earth’s time-travel feature is more than a novelty. It’s powered by a massive collection of scanned maps from archives ...

Five centuries ago, a single misprinted image in a German Bible quietly rewired how Europeans pictured the world and their ...

The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the wrong way round—showing the Mediterranean to the East—but its inclusion set a ...

Monty Python famously asked what the Romans ever did for us, but as a new map shows, they constructed a vast network of roads that revolutionized the world. Called Itiner-e, the incredible map ...

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Archaeologists in Turkey unearthed a 1,600-year-old Roman wine production site near Kahta Castle. The remarkably preserved complex, spanning 37 acres, features grape-crushing installations and ...

In 2025, the United States has recorded the most measles cases in more than 30 years, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows. A large share of the infections were connected to an ...

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Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a 1,600-year-old Christian care facility for the elderly – a remarkable find that may be the world’s oldest nursing home. The news, reported by Israel's news ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed two churches in Egypt that are over 1,500 years old, offering rare evidence of Christianity’s rise in the country's Western Desert. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...