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 explorer Jacques Soustelle called Bonampak "a pictorial encyclopedia of a Mayan ... who feared that the world would end when the head was replaced. With its plethora of palaces, altars ...

The distortions of maps can influence how we see the world. Astoundingly, we’ve been viewing things incorrectly since 1569.

What to do? He decided that a magnificent gift—a lavish map of the world—might maneuver him into the new king’s good graces. D’Annebault hired Pierre Desceliers, one of the best ...

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Russia seized the four islands from Japan in the closing days of World War II ... began drawing pictorial maps in 2020 after she heard former islanders express regret over the island visit ...

The graphic arts of the 1930s decorated the whimsical pictorial maps that became popular during that decade, and especially in those that encouraged tourists to visit Los Angeles. Here’s a ...

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.

Follow the battle that signified 'the end of the beginning' of World War Two, as the Allies force the decisive breakthrough in the North African Campaign.

I will outline the position of women's writing and imagery in the sister papers of the Lady's Pictorial and then look in more depth at the magazine itself. Beginning in 1880, the Lady's Pictorial ...