The FBI has handed over a centuries-old map to Mexican officials after it was discovered by a librarian in New Mexico.

Mesopotamian clay maps, dating back 5,000 years, provide a fascinating glimpse into the ancient world’s perception of geography, particularly its rivers. These clay tablets not only depict the ...

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This 430-year-old world map, digitized for the first time, is "more than just a map!," according to historian David Rumsey. This “Rudely Named Locations” Map Takes You Far Beyond Lake Titicaca Find ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Africa is roughly three times as large as Europe, but you wouldn’t know it looking at the world’s most popular map, the 16th-century Mercator map. Last week, the African Union, a ...

All eyes are on Civilization 7 as February arrives, but the Firaxis giant is far from the only historical 4X game in town. Rival Old World has plenty of pedigree of its own, coming from former Civ 4 ...

Evidence that the maps used by the Russian Defense Ministry is also found in several cities in the Luhansk Region shown in ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...