Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, world maps are unavoidably partial and subjective, ...

Found in the ancient city of Caracol, the tomb contained a rare jade mask, ceramics, and jewelry often linked to the Maya ruling class.

Ancient hunter-gatherers built monumental mounds at Kaillachuro in Peru without kings, rewriting history of "monumental ...

A groundbreaking discovery in the realm of ancient medicine has emerged from a 2,200-year-old tomb in southern China. Researchers uncovered a Chinese text on silk that could very well be the world’s ...

It was not all that long ago when a person wanted to take a trip somewhere they had never been before they had to figure out their directions using a physical map, or as the internet became more ...

The order Primates consists of not only our closest relatives on earth, the seven great apes, but also over 450 species of monkeys, lemurs, lorises, and galagos. Primates are fantastically diverse, ...

A stunning fossil discovery in the United States is forcing scientists to rethink the timeline of dinosaur evolution across North America. These newly uncovered bones suggest dinosaurs may have ...

This suggests that ancient people had impressive knowledge of how the sea worked—even without maps or science.

Greek researchers are undertaking a reconstruction of the ancient Aegean coastline, with a primary focus on the islands of Milos and Kimolos.