A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian world ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

The View from 30,000 Feet. My wife Karen and I lifted off to Africa on our first Qatar Airways flight. Our interactive in-flight map charted the plane’s progress while showcasing the world’s geography ...

For centuries, the Mercator map has shown the African continent smaller than it actually is. Now the African Union is calling for an end to this distortion, for Equal Earth and a new picture of global ...

Over the last 25 years, the world map has undergone dramatic changes due to wars, diplomacy, and shifting alliances. This video explores the most significant geopolitical transformations. It Sits on a ...

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said most maps skew the size of land masses, making Africa seem much smaller ...