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

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

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.

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

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

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated ...

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 ...

Paris has long been known as as a global business hub, from its medieval markets to its rise as a financial and corporate ...

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