While Joburg bakes at 40°C, imagine yourself in a snowy European square, wandering past Christmas-market stalls, sipping ...

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 ...

In a world where Rome's expansion was halted, the linguistic landscape of Europe would be vastly different. Without the spread of Latin, Greek would likely have solidified its position as the ...

Religious maps from the 1300s showing tribal Israel inadvertently became the blueprint for how later mapmakers drew political ...

From the must-see locations to the most frequently asked questions, our guide has all you need to plan your next visit.

Coloring the world into tidy blocks with sharp edges feels natural today. Nations look solid on a classroom map.

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...

The Finnish take snow seriously. At the capital’s airport, fleets of hi-tech snow-clearing machines take to the runways as ...

Whether you love him or hate him, Donald Trump is undoubtedly unafraid to speak his mind - even if it means getting ridiculed mercilessly by the internet. From the invention of "covfefe" (does anyone ...

A backwards 1525 Bible map helped shape modern borders, influencing how we imagine territory, nations, and political space ...

Art, theater, cinema. Bunkamura is a cinema where you can explore the arts in all forms and supplement a gallery exhibition ...