The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

The map shows Mesopotamia surrounded by a double ring — which the ancient scribe labeled the “bitter river,” a river that created the borders around the Babylonians’ known world.

Loren Munk is unmissable. Dressed in white bespeckled painter’s pants, this 73-year-old artist shambles into New York’s ...

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 ...

mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone, ceramics, and paper. Using the labels on or below the map below, visit 15 of the better-known Maya sites.

In 1940, Richard and Maurice McDonald opened their first burger stand in San Bernardino, CA. With the help of Ray Kroc, the brothers took their restaurant across the country over the course of the ...

Inside a backlit composition of symbols spanning the entire ceiling, Hutchens calls it a map of the FoundRae ethos, a ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. One of the cars that Google uses to periodically to photograph the ...

Severomorsk, a Russian town located on the coast of the Barents Sea, is the home of the Northern Fleet. Two American destroyers, assigned to an aircraft carrier group, were sent to the Barents Sea for ...

From the outset, it was van Buuren's passion that fuelled the label's success. "It was like a one-man show," says Piron. "We had one of the most successful DJs in the world, doing his radio show ...

MAPS’ inspired cover of “Stay Another Day” finally ... The Sonic Cathedral Story, due out on December 6th, saluting the ...

Legend has it that a headless sculpture of the god Yaxachtun at the site formerly terrified the local Lacandon people, who feared that the world would end when the head was replaced. With its ...