Throughout history, powerful leaders have shaped the world through conquest, often leaving a legacy of both transformation ...

Maps have often misrepresented the real sizes of developing nations, portraying them as smaller than more developed nations.

In 1882, the British Museum acquired the oldest known map of the world, which was carved into a clay tablet from Babylon and ...

Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved. This means map-makers need to make compromises when drawing maps. These different map representations are called ...

On the second floor of the Library of Saint Marks in Venice, a map of the world occupies an entire room – and rightfully so, considering its historical significance and imposing size.

Legend has it that a headless sculpture of the god Yaxachtun at the site formerly terrified the local Lacandon people, who feared that the world would end when the head was replaced. With its ...

Thankfully there is another way you can track him – on the good old internet. Every year, as Santa sets off on his sleigh ...