The idea of nations as neatly bordered spaces can be traced partly to medieval maps of biblical Israel. In A Nutshell ...

Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the ...

Chart from 500 years ago, reflected European ignorance of Holy Land, with later iterations improving; division into territories of 12 Israelite tribes set stage for international borders ...

The world is filled with sunken cities. One study has counted 2,600 in 19 countries – victims of the Great Flood myth that permeates various ancient cultures from the Sumerians to the Bible – or ...

High in the mountains, where modern hikers see only jagged ridgelines and scrub, archaeologists have quietly mapped a hidden ...

An international group of geologists and paleontologists has developed a new method to accurately determine the age of rocks ...

Soon after I arrived at Francis Ford Coppola’s hotel in the Basilicata region of southern Italy, I stumbled upon the great director himself, at work in the hotel’s open-plan kitchen. He was wearing a ...

Myakka River State Park in Sarasota is that rare Florida gem where alligators, airboats, and ancient oak trees draped in Spanish moss create a natural theme park more impressive than anything humans ...

Over his own home-cooked chicken cacciatore, the legendary director reflects on marriage, 1960s London and his palazzo hotel ...