Ancient Greek cartographers, from Anaximander to Ptolemy, turned myth and measurement into world maps, shaping latitude and ...

It turns out that not all roads lead to Rome, after all – at least, not in a literal sense. A new map of the empire's ancient ...

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and scientists now say those roads stretched 50% longer than previously ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers ...

A new digital map, Itiner-e, reveals 300,000 km of Roman roads across the ancient empire, offering a high-tech look at the ...

Researchers created an interactive map which lets users see how the ancient network crisscrossed the Empire, from Africa and ...

Researchers created Itiner-e, a "Google Maps for Roman Roads," charting the network that linked the expansive ancient empire.

Among the early Maya, the site of Aguada Fénix would have been a place for everyone to gather for trade, socialization, and ...

A new digital map of the road network that once connected the Roman Empire has been created, revealing a staggeringly vast ...

Ten newly discovered species of trilobites, hidden for 490 million years in a little-studied part of Thailand, could be the missing pieces in an intricate puzzle of ancient world geography. Ten newly ...

By piecing together historical records, topographic maps, and satellite imagery, the research team covered more ground than ...

An ancient Skiri Pawnee star map on elk skin reopens the debate about its true function and challenges Western interpretations.