An exhibition shows the beauty and disparity of maps in a time of rapid discovery, when the shape of the known world was ever ...

A recent study by researchers Dr. Dorota Dzierzbicka and Dr. Daria Elagina re-examined and translated a rare first-hand account of a 16th-century Ethiopian monk visiting old Dongola, Sudan.

A push to rename streets and remove statues associated with imperial Russia is dividing Odesa, whose identity is tied up in ...

Ukraine’s tragic geography has long made it the target of imperial ambitions, epitomized by the prize of Crimea. As the war ...

Between superheroes and super friends, ballet dancers and a champion bulldog, this week’s picks bring a cast of characters worth getting to know. “Hymn” is getting some of the best reviews in town. It ...

Before the advent of Ordnance Survey maps in the 19 th century, the country was mapped through a series of county maps privately produced by individuals or small groups of surveyors with wealthy ...

However, we can say the island really got on the map when it was settled in the mid-7th Century BCE by traders from the mainland ... traditions and even coinage until well into the days of the Roman ...