The Behaim Globe depicted a narrowed Atlantic Ocean, which, if crossed, would lead directly to Cipango (Japan) and Asia. In ...

Alongside his Geography, Ptolemy’s maps and geographical descriptions were used by many other cartographers and navigators, helping redefine and reshape the perception of the known world.

In 1407, "Geographia" translated his Greek works into Latin and reproduced Ptolemy's World Map. Moroccan geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi's created this world map in 1154. It appeared in a collection ...

A groundbreaking study of the Durotriges tribe in Iron Age Britain reveals that women played central roles in their society.

In the 1200s, a Chinese official described Alexandria and its lighthouse in remarkable detail given the vast distance.

Alexandria is a city in northern Egypt on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the second largest city in Egypt and is ...

East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) announced during India’s G20 leaders’ summit in September 2023 aims at security and ease ...

The New Arab examines a groundbreaking excavation near Queen Hatshepsut’s Valley Temple, revealing artifacts that shed light ...

Some of the maps included detailed commentary on the political and military ... or simply “The Geography,” this book written by the Greco-Roman Claudius Ptolemy is considered the world’s first printed ...

Artifacts found at the tombs included bronze coins with the image of Alexander the Great dating to the Time of Ptolemy I (367-283), children's toys made of clay, cartonnage and funerary masks that ...