A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions ...
Far beneath the waves of the southwest Pacific, scientists have finished charting a landmass so large and so coherent that it ...
If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...
Archaeologists have discovered a civilisation in Argentina that had evaded all detection till now. The early humans lived here thousands of years ago, yet scientists had never seen any signs of them ...
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From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year ...
A new study published in Nature reveals that a distinct group of early humans lived in this region for at least 8,000 years, ...
Earth’s eighth continent, Zealandia, has been largely unrecognized and “missing” from maps for 375 years. This mostly underwater landmass, spanning about 4.9 million square kilometers, challenges ...
Maps have a way of distorting our perception of the world. But AuthaGraph is trying to bring us back to reality with a new map that accurately depicts the size of continents in comparison to each ...
The golden ticket for all collectors of art and design! Priced at $130, this ticket grants access to both Art Basel Miami Beach and Design Miami on December 5, 6, or 7. The ticket is valid for a ...
Look: Syrian-French Artist Debuts His First Solo Exhibition In UAE . At first glance, the title Self-portrait with a cat I ...
The Sahrawi, descendants of Arab and Berber nomads who herded camels and goats across the desert for millennia, found their ...
In the quaint town of Rogers, Ohio, there exists a bargain hunter's utopia so magnificent that people willingly set their alarms for ungodly hours just to be among the first to arrive – Rogers Flea ...