Hipparchus’s star catalog is the oldest known attempt to document the positions of as many objects in the night sky as possible, and it was the first time that two coordinates were used to ...

The map that NASA launched in 1972 could lead extraterrestrials to Earth. A new map, nearly 50 years later, provides even better directions. A sparkling mass containing at least half a million ...

"The Babylonian Map of the World is far more than a simple geographical representation; it's a cosmic diagram, blending geography with myth and religious belief," explains Dr. Alistair Finch, an ...

This video provides a detailed map-based summary of Pre-Columbian America, exploring the vast range of indigenous societies, from the advanced urban centers of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca empires to ...

Before satellites and global positioning systems, ancient civilizations charted their known universe with remarkable ingenuity. Among these early cartographic marvels, the Babylonian Map of the World ...

"The map reflects the frequent business and cultural communication between China and countries along the ancient Silk Road," he said. "We're provided with many references for historical study." Shan ...

Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the ...

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

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Vast amounts of organic carbon settle on the seafloor each year, coming from decaying marine life and from living (or once ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a long-lost Egyptian city that dates back 2,500 years. Located around six miles (10 km) south of Tanis in Egypt 's Nile Delta, the city of Imet was once a bustling ...

Most of the ancient Maya archaeological site of El Ceibal, in north-central Guatemala, is buried in dense jungle. Eroded stone ruins create vague mounds and outlines on the crowded jungle floor ...