In this new 8th edition of The World Atlas of Wine, Ms. Robinson and co-author Hugh Johnson focus on wine region geography in depth.

This Atlas of Art and Memory Is a Wonder of the Modern World With nearly 1,000 images, Aby Warburg’s radical form of visual study is also an artwork itself. Now you can see it online.

In China, researchers studying the burial site of one of the world's most well-preserved mummies also unearthed what's ...

Strabo—the name means “squinty-eyed,” as in strabismus—was born in 63 B.C. in Anatolia (now Turkey). “Geography” is an ...

A team of scientists at the University College London has shed new light on the Antikythera Mechanism – the world's first computer and one of the ancient world's greatest technological mysteries ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. On the Turkish-A ...

Until now, the oldest known anatomical atlas of the human body was thought to be from Greece, done by ancient Greek physicians such as Herophilus (335–280 B.C.) and Erasistratus (304-c.250 B.C ...

In the ancient world copies of great but contentious works were hidden to be copied again, or committed to memory, as friends in Stalinist Russia preserved in their minds the poems of Anna Akhmatova.

Discover interesting facts about ancient China's rulers, philosophy, and the Great Wall of China.

World Atlas has included a Mississippi community on its list of 7 Cutest Small Town in the Gulf. The town has been nationally recognized as a small town with a strong cultural scene.

A Rare Atlas of Astronomy From the Dutch Golden Age Goes on Display in England The copy of “Harmonia Macrocosmica” dates back to the 17th century and includes ancient theories of the universe ...

‘Strabo’s Geography’ Review: An Ancient Atlas Writing in the age of Augustus, the well-traveled Greek geographer Strabo produced a guide to the known world that melded observation and myth. By ...