A new Cambridge study reveals how the first Bible ever printed with a map, released in 1525 with the Holy Land accidentally reversed, ended up transforming far more than biblical illustration. The ...

A man in the desert cannot wait for even the smallest sip of water. This is rightly so because he needs it to sustain his life. When he finally receives water, there is a sense of relief and joy, and ...

Coloring the world into tidy blocks with sharp edges feels natural today. Nations look solid on a classroom map.

The rare Froschauer Old Testament survives in only a handful of copies worldwide, including one in Trinity College ...

Whether or not you believe in the Bible, it’s undeniable that it affects you today. That’s true even for the most ardent ...

One of southern California’s oldest giant sequoias holds more leaves than there are people in China. It has stood since there were fewer people on Earth than live in modern Japan—more than 3,000 years ...

Old Maps in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom are Key Items found in treasure chests scattered throughout the Hyrule sky islands. Though you won't be able to directly use them as a guidance ...

When King Henry VIII's wife Anne Boleyn was executed in 1536, her Book of Hours went missing for centuries. A recent discovery reveals a string of women who secured the book for decades after her ...

Our columnist on the books that wowed her this year. By Sarah Weinman Writing under a pseudonym, Madeleine Wickham cultivated an international following for her series centered on a young woman ...