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For centuries, medieval maps captured not only geography but imagination — a world where the unknown brimmed with danger. The phrase “Here Be Dragons” has become a symbol of mystery, yet few maps ...

Zimbabwe-based Pan-African think tank, the Institute of African Knowledge (INSTAK), is finalising litigation at international level aimed at correcting historical and ongoing injustices against Africa ...

Srutanjay Narayanan, son of Tamil actor Chinni Jayanth, secured All India Rank 75 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2019 ...

The central challenge facing Lebanon today is whether the country will graduate to functional statehood or continue ...

„Polyphonie an der Peripherie“ was created as a multi-part audiovisual work for the exhibition „Bild und Plan“ at the Kulturstiftung Schloss Britz, Berlin, and was exhibited from November 16th, 2024 ...

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, a name synonymous with genius, stands as a towering figure of the High Renaissance. Born in ...

WPI faculty members Jennifer Rudolph, historian of modern China and professor in humanities and arts, and Lane Harrison, data ...

Ever hear of Jeremy Bentham? He was an Englishman, a political philosopher who lived in the 18th and 19th centuries—and he ...

"Over the past half millennium, the world has continually studied China, driven by cultural curiosity, economic interests, political ambitions, and ideological conflicts. Yet in every instance, ...

Discover the timeless brilliance of ancient Greek inventions and discoveries, from democracy and the Olympic Games to geometry and the lighthouse of Alexandria, which continue to shape our modern ...

Ruth Handler, who co-founded Mattel with her husband, Elliot Handler, and Harold Matson in 1945, noticed her daughter, Barbara, playing with paper dolls and dreaming about what kind of woman she would ...