The mystery of ice-free Antarctica has intrigued scholars and enthusiasts alike, with ancient maps suggesting a time when the continent was free of ice. These maps, such as the Piri Reis map, have ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

ROME, Jan 11 (Reuters) - A marble map of ancient Rome, that hasn't been put on public view for almost 100 years, is getting its very own museum within sight of the Colosseum. The Museum of the Forma ...

Imago Mundi in 2024. (British Museum) In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have deciphered what is believed to be the world's oldest map--a 3,000-year-old Babylonian clay tablet that may reveal ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Twenty-two blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria have been raised from the seabed, as part of an undertaking known as the “PHAROS” project. The ...

A new and spellbinding book tells the history of the very ancient past of Mesopotamia, the land between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. Between Two Rivers by Moudhy Al-Rashid, a researcher at the ...

2012 Ancient City of Ping Yao - Location map Clarification / adopted 2012 Ancient City of Ping Yao - Map of the Ancient City of Ping Yao Clarification / adopted 2012 Ancient City of Ping Yao - Map ...

In the first century B.C, King Antiochus I of Commagene built a sanctuary unlike any of his predecessors. His unexplored tomb at Nemrut Dağ may show us more about death and worship in ancient Turkey.