News

Maps must be more than static reference tools; they must be dynamic platforms that reflect the world as it changes.
The latest edition of the World Heritage Map is now available to order! This new design, poster-sized wall map features all 1,223 World Heritage properties, illustrated with stunning photographs from ...
Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.
The Mercator Projection, Ptolemy’s ‘Geographia’, the Fra Mauro Map, and even Google Maps have all shaped how we experience the world around us.
The Babylonian Map of the World remains a crucial piece of historical evidence, offering invaluable insights into ancient Babylonian views of the world and their cartographic practices.
The "oldest map of the world in the world" on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered to reveal a surprisingly familiar story, according to the British Museum's Irving Finkel.
What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world Where it is from: Abu Habba (Sippar), an ancient Babylonian city in what is now Iraq When it was made: Approximately ...
Cantilevered 1,104 feet over the dramatic Tarn Gorge, the Millau Viaduct is the world’s tallest bridge. Here’s how this wonder of the modern world was built.
Explore the Sunderland Collection’s stunning maps and atlases, spanning European mapmakers from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment.
Learn how to make better presentations with PowerPoint, and get tips on how to get started with Microsoft Publisher.