Today, computers and tablets show maps and aerial photographs ... Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved. This means map-makers need to make compromises ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

What to do? He decided that a magnificent gift—a lavish map of the world—might maneuver him into the new king’s good graces. D’Annebault hired Pierre Desceliers, one of the best ...

About 30 percent of Sudan’s 48 million people - more than 14 million - have been forced to flee their homes due to the ongoing conflict. Two years into the war in Sudan, the country remains engulfed ...