Maps are tools to show you where you are going, but they can also show you where you came from. That principle drives the work of Roberto Rodríguez and Patrisia Gonzales, who study ancient maps, oral ...

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 ...

What's cooler than maps? Bizarre ancient maps. Oxford University Press recently published "The Oxford Map Companion: One Hundred Sources in World History," edited by UC Irvine historian Patricia Seed.

A new digital tool lets users explore the Roman Empire’s road network and, using historical data, estimate travel times ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A New Map of the Promised Holy Land,’ by Dutch father and son Justus Danckert the Elder and Cornelis Danck erts the Younger, ...

According to ancient historians, gold was as common as sand in the kingdom of Egypt. By 3,200 BC public officers, called 'sementi', prospected for deposits and veins of gold to meet the demand of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Philippines' Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio (L) gestures to an ancient map on display while Philippines' Foreign ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

WASHINGTON — John Hessler, mathematical wizard and the senior cartographic librarian at the Library of Congress, slipped into the locked underground vaults of the library one morning last week.

A section of the Appalachian Mountains discovered in Mexico is forcing scientists to redraw their maps of ancient Earth. The Appalachians are a series of mountain ranges in eastern North America that ...

There’s ne’er a dull moment at the Israel Museum. The expansive arts repository on the Jerusalem hilltop is constantly vamping, revamping, and keeping us on our toes as it unfurls an endless stream of ...