Do you know how many blue whales would fit into the city of the Vatican? Have you any idea how the ancient continent of ...

Archeologists are hoping that an ancient map, left largely unstudied for 4,000 years, can point them towards some hidden secrets of the ancient world. The Bronze Age map, at first look, is just a ...

X-ray scans recover an ancient Greek star map beneath a medieval text, revealing Aquarius clues and Hipparchus-linked ...

ROME, Jan 11 (Reuters) - A marble map of ancient Rome, that hasn't been put on public view for almost 100 years, is getting its very own museum within sight of the Colosseum. The Museum of the Forma ...

When it comes to mapmaking, humans haven't always stuck to the rules: ancient maps were riddled with inaccuracies, and covered with fantastical beasts and mythic places. Take a look at the history of ...

Ancient Greek astronomers made important observations regarding the night sky long before the first ...

Every exploration buff knows that made-up geography often appeared on ancient maps. The most famous example is that of Atlantis, a myth that originated with Plato and persisted on maps well into the ...

@astro_timpeake A copy of one of the oldest maps in Britain, now exploring the newest frontier here in space #mappamundi Perpetual Trust ?– @PerpetualTrust Feb 11 Hereford, Englan @astro_timpeake ...