When it comes to operating beyond the limits of the known world into the world of imagination, [the tablet] is indispensable, ...

The world map we see today has grown through the efforts of many explorers who have charted new boundaries, continually ...

The Babylonian map consists of a circular map. Along with that, there are a few pieces of text written in an an ...

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The distortions of maps can influence how we see the world. Astoundingly, we’ve been viewing things incorrectly since 1569.

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 ...

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 ...

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Here, artist Ruth Watson explains how making art – photography, video, sculpture and installations – led her to cartography ...

Capella Bangkok in Thailand, which opened in 2020 and has all 101 rooms overlooking the majestic Chao Phraya River, climbed ...