Geography shapes human life in multiple ways, from the resources we have available all the way to our diverse cultures. How ...

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 ...

Ricci map - detail from a China panel. All images via Wikipedia. In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big ...

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Depicting a section of the universe known as the COSMOS-Web field, the new map is far more expansive than even the iconic Hubble Ultra Deep Field, a view of 10,000 galaxies NASA released in 2004.

He puts it down to Alexander’s “charisma” that still shines through the centuries. “What fascinated me is how someone could do all this by the age of 32,” he says.