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Archaeologists Say They’ve Found a 3,000-Year-Old Map of the Cosmos at an Ancient Maya Site in Mexico
New research sheds light on a cross-shaped pit found at Aguada Fénix, a monumental complex discovered several years ago ...
Ancient Greek cartographers, from Anaximander to Ptolemy, turned myth and measurement into world maps, shaping latitude and ...
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Europe's Oldest Map
A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe, according ...
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This 3,000-Year-Old Site Might Be the Oldest Cosmic Map Ever Built
Only from the air did it reveal what it really was.
Among the early Maya, the site of Aguada Fénix would have been a place for everyone to gather for trade, socialization, and ...
A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire. Combining ...
New findings increase the known length of the Roman Empire’s road network by more than 60,000 miles ...
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An 82-Year-Old Fossil Hunter Found a 150-Million-Year-Old Insect That May Redraw the Evolutionary Map
His fossils, collected over a decade at a Jurassic site in New South Wales, have revealed a new species of non-biting midge.
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Stunning map of ancient roads will give you a good reason to think about the Roman Empire more often
The Roman Empire had an impressive road network. A new dataset now visualizes the road map, adding over 100,000 kilometers of previously unknown routes.
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Impressive new visualization tool is the ‘Google Maps’ for Ancient Rome, according to researchers
The digital tool, called Itiner-e, allows people to virtually see a map of how the ancient Roman roads were once traveled in ...
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