Physical maps might feel out of date in our smartphone and GPS age but maps aren’t just for navigation. They are windows into ...

A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions suggest.

Researchers have created a new road map of the Roman world that could help historians study how religion, migration, trade, and even pandemics spread across the Roman Empire 2000 years ago. One of the ...

Anaximander's Map is considered by some to be the first-ever world map, and alleged versions of it have been shared across social media channels since at least 2020, from Instagram and Reddit to ...