"On classroom walls from Lagos to London", the standard map of the world depicts an "inflated Britain at the centre" and a dramatically "shrunken Africa", said The Times. But this could soon change.

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.

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If you were born in the last 30 years, there’s a good chance you’ve never actually had to rely on a paper map. You might have seen them at amusement parks or folded up in the glove compartment of your ...

A new digital map of the road network that once connected the Roman Empire has been created, revealing a staggeringly vast ...

Why is the pope getting flatmates? Can a map change the way we see the world? And why are seagull 'muggings' on the rise? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really ...

Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the major global ocean currents. The geological age of the currents plays a ...

Also, Africa’s push for a new world map. By Justin Porter Israel approved 3,400 new settlement housing units in the occupied West Bank yesterday, and its troops reached the outskirts of Gaza City with ...

Also, Africa’s push for a new world map. By Daniel E. Slotnik Israeli officials said yesterday that the military was moving forward with plans to take over Gaza City. Even after nearly two years of ...