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

The map of the Holy Land in Christopher Froschauer’s 1525 Old Testament has the Mediterranean to the east of Palestine ...

No doubting the scholarly rigour of this highly visual production, which reflects maps’ many distinctive styles and ...

Coloring the world into tidy blocks with sharp edges feels natural today. Nations look solid on a classroom map.

The Battle of Ipsus reshaped the empire of Alexander the Great, as rival successors clashed in a fight that ended hopes of ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...

Philopoemen was the most skilled general of the Achaean League. He defeated Sparta and propelled the league to prominence in ...

A complete copy of the Canopus Decree in hieroglyphics has been presented in Egypt, a unique discovery after 150 years.

Stealing artwork is far from being white-collar and more about carelessness, violence, and disgruntled employees. Spain is one of the hardest-hit countries, although the Louvre holds the most famous ...

In this series of unique timepieces, the very best of watchmaking and artistic savoir-faire reign supreme.