World map in Ptolemy’s “Geographia” (1460) (courtesy Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations) No maps remain from the Ancient Greeks and ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian world ...

The mystery of ice-free Antarctica has intrigued scholars and enthusiasts alike, with ancient maps suggesting a time when the continent was free of ice. These maps, such as the Piri Reis map, have ...