Ancient Greek geographer Strabo is one of the greatest writers in the ancient world, devoting his life to studying, writing, ...

Humans have been making maps for as long as they’ve been exploring the Earth. Some of their cartographic maps went on to ...

who adds that the Macedonian “redrew the map of the world” by force, where his father had always tried diplomacy first. Crowned king of Macedon in 336 BCE at the age of 20, Alexander spent just two ...

Rome has uncovered the four large marble maps illustrating its evolution and expansion, from its foundation to the apex of its empire, hanging on the Via dei Fori, in front of the Colosseum, which had ...

After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum ...

The tech giant Google took several steps this week to keep on the good side of the Trump administration. For starters, the ...

For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...

Countries that malign migrants are in quite serious need of new people. Nations in the wealthy world face a top-heavy future- ...

The riches thought to lie beneath Greenland's icy terrain have been coveted for more than a century. But how easy are they to access, and will climate change make any difference?

The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.

This is the twelvth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...