North wasn’t always “up” on world maps. North doesn't always mean "up" when it comes to geophysics. Scientists have known for ...

Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian world map, carved into clay over 2,600 ... like Athens, Rome, and Jerusalem, also viewed their cities as the center of the universe.

As Israel grappled with one of the largest wildfires ever in the country this week and the blaze barrelled towards Jerusalem, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a national emergency.

This 1584 map of Jerusalem, made by a European priest who ... a guided tour through the world’s most incredible maps, assembled by Betsy Mason and Greg Miller, authors of the “All Over the ...

the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, cuts an unmistakable figure in the dark corridors of the ancient, stone patriarchate in this troubled corner of the world. He moves quickly, in long, deliberate ...