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

Cuneiform tablets from ancient Babylon cover a range of topics, from exorcising ghosts to uncovering the location of Noah’s ...

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

This isn’t just a map of Cyprus. It’s THE map!The map that, for over 100 years, defined how our island was seen, measured and governed. The map that laid out not just borders and boundaries, but ...

However, we can say the island really got on the map when it was settled in the mid-7th ... Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and, indeed, well into the 20th century, Ibiza suffered an ongoing ...

Hiroshige's vibrant woodcuts capture everyday life, landscapes, and culture during a transformational era in Japan.

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 ...

The 21st century pharmaceutical and biotech sector has come a long way from its roots in 19th century pharmacy. pharmaphorum looks at its evolution over the centuries. The roots of the ...

A coin stash worth more than $340,000 could have been hidden in the hills of the Czech Republic during one of the 20th ...

So in the 4th century, they created a rival festival to mark Jesus' birth: Christmas. The Bible doesn't explicitly state the date on which Jesus was born, and many theologians place his birth in ...

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 ...