When it comes to operating beyond the limits of the known world into the world of imagination, [the tablet] is indispensable, ...

What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world Where it is from: Abu Habba (Sippar), an ...

The world map we know today owes its shape to the daring exploits of explorers who ventured into uncharted territories, ...

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 ...

Capella Bangkok in Thailand, which opened in 2020 and has all 101 rooms overlooking the majestic Chao Phraya River, climbed ...

Here, artist Ruth Watson explains how making art – photography, video, sculpture and installations – led her to cartography ...

Fears of escalation are felt most acutely on the streets of Lebanon, where the army carried out controlled explosions on ...

Explore what the world’s new coastlines would look like. 8 min read This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The maps here show the world as it is now ...

It's called "the world's largest bourbon and music festival" for good reason. Here is your day-by-day music and food guide to ...

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.

It features 632 sites across the UK, Europe and into Africa including urban settlements and mountain passes The map covers approximately 4 million square miles (10 million square km) of land and ...

Schrödinger's world view, derived from the Indian writings of the Vedanta, is that there is only a single consciousness of which we are all different aspects. He admits that this view is mystical and ...