Ancient Greek cartographers, from Anaximander to Ptolemy, turned myth and measurement into world maps, shaping latitude and ...
Global Historic Story In An Ancient Chinese Map. Revisiting Ancient China's World Knowledge (a talk delivered at the Hong Kong Book Fair in July). By the late 16th century, before Europeans arrived in ...
Researchers created Itiner-e, a "Google Maps for Roman Roads," charting the network that linked the expansive ancient empire.
The Roman Empire had an impressive road network. A new dataset now visualizes the road map, adding over 100,000 kilometers of previously unknown routes.
Ancient Artifacts That Prove The Past Was More Advanced: 25 Ancient Myths That Archaeologists Want You to Forget: A golden-coated eye from Irans Burnt City. A clay cylinder some say was the first bill ...
Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a frozen shoreline in what’s now Japan or Russia, staring east across the gray ...