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

BCE, two titans of the Hellenistic world clashed in one of the ancient world’s largest battles to decide the fate of ...

The statue was found at Taposiris Magna, an archaeological site where some researchers suspect Cleopatra and Mark Antony are ...

With modern GPS, we often don’t think too hard about how to navigate, but GPS does not work very well on the open sea. That ...

Nay Maps is a South African actor born on 30th March 1989. He is the firstborn of three children born to the late Bishop Simeon Maphalala and his wife. Maps grew up alongside his two younger sisters ...

Google Maps is likely your go-to app for getting from point A to point B, but it's more than a navigation tool. Whether you're finding places, checking public transit schedules, or exploring new ...

He was a significant yet controversial figure in the turbulent history of ancient Macedon during the 4th century BCE. Ptolemy of Aloros (Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖος) first emerged in historical accounts ...

Now researchers have managed to recover the text written by Ptolemy on a parchment that suffered such a previous recovery attempt. Outermost six rings of the meteoroscope, not to scale.