SALT LAKE CITY — An iconic piece of the old Salt Lake City International Airport has a new home inside the new facility for passengers to see later this year. A team of masons completed the ...

A mysterious artifact reportedly found in an Egyptian tomb has sparked widespread speculation among historians and researchers. The object in question? A 5,000-year-old map that some claim outlines ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

This 430-year-old world map, digitized for the first time, is "more than just a map!," according to historian David Rumsey. This “Rudely Named Locations” Map Takes You Far Beyond Lake Titicaca Find ...

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DAKAR, Senegal — Africa is roughly three times as large as Europe, but you wouldn’t know it looking at the world’s most popular map, the 16th-century Mercator map. Last week, the African Union, a ...

A campaign is underway to replace the world’s most popular map, which the effort’s supporters say promotes a false view of the continent and its size. Mercator projection Equal Earth projection ...