Archaeologists Use Spy Satellite Images to Spot Location of Famous Ancient Battle
The Arab Muslim victory at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah paved the way for the Islamic conquest of Mesopotamia and Persia.
Findings from the first lunar far side samples raise new questions about the moon’s history
The first lunar samples from the moon’s far side differ in some interesting ways from those collected from the near side, ...
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First Map of Known World Created by Ancient Greek Anaximander
The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander lent his prodigious talents to pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, and cosmology.
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The Vinland Map: How a Mysterious Forgery Fooled Experts for Decades
He attributed the phenomenon to the turmoil of World War II: “ You just didn’t necessarily know where it came from because there was so much movement of material over the war years and after.” When ...
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Declassified spy satellite images reveal 1,400-year-old battle site in Iraq that set off the Muslim conquest
Historical texts that mentioned details about the battle site helped researchers match the images to the lost town of ...
Norland’s world map overhaul comes alongside a juicy discount
Patch 26 for Norland overhauls how the world map looks and works, while a juicy discount makes for an attractive entry point.
The two European countries nowhere near each other that share a border in the Caribbean
Despite being over 4,000 miles away from both the European countries it belongs to, this tiny island has been split in half, with a border in the middle.
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Serbia's grapevine treasure trove
A visit to Volný's herbarium in Serbia illuminates the country's role in grapevine biodiversity in Europe, says Caroline ...