This map depicted continents such as Africa, Asia, and Europe ... map was oriented with the south at the top, which is why modern depictions often appear upside down. The Jewish cartographer ...

there is less detail regarding the internal geography of Northern Africa, reflecting the limited knowledge of inland territories at the time. When compared to modern maps, Piri Reis’s ...

In the end, the researchers were able to use the vast web of Android phones to map out the ionosphere with a level of ...

In 1986, Nigerian playwright, poet, and essayist Wole Soyinka made history as the first African laureate to receive the Nobel ...

Mark Jarzombek and Vikramaditya Prakash, Co-Founders of the Office of (Un)Certainty Research, take us on a journey of a ...

Discuss the meaning of continent and show these on a globe or 2D map of the world. Find out what pupils already know about Africa ... rural villages, to modern city streets, people in traditional ...

An incredible interactive map gives viewers an insight into just how many cruise ships are sailing the globe, with the vast ...

Modern fences are often so thoroughly impenetrable, they can slice up already-scarce habitats and restrict wildlife to ...

A map of the fictional Republic of Z ... In many ways, Z came across as a stand-in for the many nations the U.S. largely ...

Thandiswa Mazwai has lived the modern history of African music. In the early '90s, when she was still a teenager, she pioneered the emerging kwaito sound in South Africa, first with ... and how they ...

The map highlights the Nigerian city of Kano, in the Sahel region of Africa. It also locates Abuja ... He suspected they held the traditional view, that modern contraception was bad, and were ...