though the Portuguese had been exploring the western coast of Africa a good deal longer. This is a fascinating period in the history of European map-making since were then being strung together ...

It is part of an exhibition drawing attention to the history of South Africa and the way it is perceived around the world. The Chinese map, covering more than 17 square metres, was produced in silk.

This timelapse by EmperorTigerStar shows how this process transpired. H/t Brilliant Maps! Africa History maps Science Get the best tech, science, and culture news in your inbox daily. News from ...

The record sheds light on the climate early humans experienced when they were spreading out of Africa. A tree-ringed African ...

It also contains maps of Africa and illustrations of Bible characters -- Moses, Jesus, Mary -- all with dark skin and curly hair. “It was just so rewarding to see that my history began long ago ...

The East African man’s genome, the first map of ancient human DNA from Africa, helped to determine that a population closely related to Europe’s first farmers made major inroads in Africa ...

Of the more than 600 TAHMO weather stations in Africa, none are in Mali. Stories from Timbuktu, the ancient center of learning and trade in the southernmost corner of the Sahara, have captured Hienin ...

Can a handful of ancient African coins, discovered almost 70 years ago by a lone soldier on a remote island, rewrite history? A weathered, hand-drawn map, with an "X" marking the spot on the ...

in a discovery that could rewrite the ancient history of North Africa. The settlement dates back more than 5,000 years and is around the same size as the iconic city of Troy, radiocarbon dating ...

There’s Antinoopolis in northern Africa ... in history has explored the judgmental cartography of the Bay Area, started poking into the idea after noticing there was a dearth of good maps ...

For the first time ever, Henry Lovejoy, a CU Boulder history professor, has mapped the boundaries of a fallen African kingdom best known for its role in the Atlantic slave trade. During its reign, the ...