You have probably seen the images of the surface of Mars, beamed back by NASA's rovers. What if there were a time machine ...

The Star of Bethlehem has long hovered between faith and physics, a luminous mystery that resists easy explanation. Now a ...

Jordan, a land rich in history and spirituality, often takes a backseat to the grandeur of the Vatican. But what if we told ...

A Bible from 1525 with an incorrect map changed the way Europe imagined borders and territories for centuries.

“After their audience with the king, [the wise men] set out,” reads chapter two of the Book of Matthew. “And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped ...

New research has mapped 16 extensive, interlaced river systems on Mars, dating back approximately 3.7 billion years to the Early Hesperian Period. These large river systems, despite covering only ...

Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map of the Holy Land in Christopher Froschauer’s Old Testament (Zürich, 1525) in The Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge. Credit: The Master and Fellows of Trinity ...

When the first printed Bible map appeared in 1525, it was supposed to clarify the ancient world of scripture. Instead, the printer accidentally flipped it—placing the Mediterranean Sea on the wrong ...

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UNDER STRICT EMBARGO UNTIL 19:01 US ET ON FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2025 / 00:01 UK (GMT) ON SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 2025 The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in ...

Researchers have launched Itiner-e, an interactive digital map tracing 300,000 kilometers of ancient Roman roads. The project reveals a far more extensive Roman network than previously believed, ...

A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire. Combining historical records with modern mapping techniques, researchers mapped hundreds ...