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 ...

Religious maps from the 1300s showing tribal Israel inadvertently became the blueprint for how later mapmakers drew political ...

A 3,000-year-old map found at The British Museum could lead us to the real resting place of Noah’s Ark, with clues hidden in ...

A 3,500-year-old clay tablet depicting the city of Nippur offers a glimpse into ancient cartography, challenging our ...

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?

Five hundred years ago the first Bible featuring a map was published. The anniversary has passed uncelebrated, but it transformed the way that Bibles were produced. The map appeared in Christopher ...

Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the ...

The ancient world is filled with strange and powerful beings whose stories shaped the way people understood creation. Among ...

Some of the ancient buildings, located along China’s mountaintop rivers, dated back to as far as 2800 B.C.E., with others ...

More than half a million Missouri highway maps rolled off the presses this year, proof that paper maps still have a purpose ...

For the first time ever, researchers have mapped the entirety of the vast Roman road network highlighting its immense influence on European relations and history ...