According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...
Ancient Greek cartographers, from Anaximander to Ptolemy, turned myth and measurement into world maps, shaping latitude and ...
It took decades for archaeologists to realize this 3,500-year-old tablet depicts an ancient city at scale. But how did its ...
From the rise of Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BCE to the vast dominion of Darius and Xerxes, the First Persian ...
Monty Python famously asked what the Romans ever did for us, but as a new map shows, they constructed a vast network of roads that revolutionized the world. Called Itiner-e, the incredible map ...
In the footsteps of Romans: GPS map of the ancient world reveals long lost roads Associated Press Videos Updated Fri, 7 November 2025 at 9:11 am GMT-8 In the footsteps of Romans: GPS map of the ...