The Babylonian map, believed to date from around 500 BCE, is a clay tablet that depicts the world as it was understood at that time. This ancient piece of cartography, etched onto the clay surface ...

During the underwater missions, teams found the remains of 10 doomed ships, spanning thousands of years of history — with the oldest one dating back to 3000 BC ... a World War II-era ship ...

It came just after he had introduced readers to Asia, Africa and Europe—the three parts of the world ... 500 years after its making, German Chancellor Angela Merkel officially transferred the ...