The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

All of them, in his words ... a Venetian monk named Fra Mauro set out to create a world map. Rather than myth and religion, ...

In 1882, the British Museum acquired a clay tablet that had been discovered in southern Iraq, not far from the ancient city ...

Legend has it that a headless sculpture of the god Yaxachtun at the site formerly terrified the local Lacandon people, who feared that the world would ... or modern Belize. All told, in its ...

In 1940, Richard and Maurice McDonald opened their first burger stand in San Bernardino, CA. With the help of Ray Kroc, the brothers took their restaurant across the country over the course of the ...

Map O.1 Use of aggregated cellphone records to track mobility week by week during COVID-19 lockdowns in The Gambia, March–May, 2020 http://bit.do/WDR2021-Map-O_1 ...

As the U.S. election grows closer, so do the chances that the U.S. could join the ranks of nations that have elected women heads of state.

Google Maps is heading down a new road steered by artificial intelligence. The shift announced Thursday will bring more of ...

Many recent open-world games are so expansive that players need to invest over 100 hours just to uncover the entire map. Space-based open-world games take this even further, offering maps so large ...

The Mountain View-based search giant has shared new Google Maps usage numbers, confirming it's the top navigation app ...

Here is an interactive map by Tableau Public for The Guardian showing where in the world all 34,392 McDonald's restaurants are in a total of 116 countries. You can see more cool data about ...