Archaeologists have unveiled what is believed to be the world’s oldest 3D map, an astonishing relic from the Paleolithic era ...

The ‘exceptional’ 13,000-year-old miniature likely helped Paleolithic humans understand their landscape.

What to do? He decided that a magnificent gift—a lavish map of the world—might maneuver him into the new king’s good graces. D’Annebault hired Pierre Desceliers, one of the best ...

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 end when the head was replaced. With its ...

Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved. This means map-makers need to make compromises when drawing maps. These different map representations are called ...

View of the three-dimensional map on the cave floor. Credit: Pascal Crapet, Fontainebleau / courtesy of Médard Thiry for labrujulaverde.com French scientists have identified a unique engraving in the ...

mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone, ceramics, and bark paper. Using an interactive map, visit 15 of the better-known Maya sites.—Peter Tyson ...