Anaximander's Map is considered by some to be the first-ever world map, and alleged versions of it have been shared across ...

In the UAE, a multidisciplinary team has brought the region’s ancient maritime history to life by reconstructing a working ...

The Mercator Projection, Ptolemy’s ‘Geographia’, the Fra Mauro Map, and even Google Maps have all shaped how we experience ...

Cylinder seals from Ur, c. 2450 BC, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, USA In the first article of this series, I provided a brief historical overview of the Neo-Assyrian, Urartian, and Achaemenid empires, ...

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 6 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand was steady on Friday after the ... the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching ...

Israel says it is striking Syrian military sites to keep them out of “the hands of extremists.” The rebels who toppled the Assad government began laying out their plans while rival groups ...

This new four-volume History is the first to survey the entire history of slavery across the world, from antiquity to the present day. It is written by an outstanding international team of scholars ...

To find black holes we usually have to look thousands of light-years away. But a new study suggests we could find evidence of them right here on Earth, as tiny tunnels they’ve carved out in ...

In the most serious challenge to President Bashar al-Assad’s power in nearly a decade, rebel groups have seized Aleppo. Russia has responded with airstrikes to support the Assad regime.

An advert for Bayer's Aspirin from the early 20th century Bayer had the aspirin trademark and its US assets seized during World War One, whilst “American” Merck (now Merck & Co. in the US or ...

The sudden rebel offensive leading to the collapse of Assad’s government and military forces has left governments around the world reeling. Senior administration officials have no confirmed ...

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