The idea of nations as neatly bordered spaces can be traced partly to medieval maps of biblical Israel. In A Nutshell ...

Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the ...

A wheel cranks on the machine at the Independence Visitor Center, slowing with every turn until: CLINK! A reward drops out the bottom waiting to be collected. It’s a familiar, elongated penny. In its ...

Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map was initially printed the wrong way round – showing the Mediterranean to the East – but its inclusion in a Bible set a precedent which continues to shap ...

The world is filled with sunken cities. One study has counted 2,600 in 19 countries – victims of the Great Flood myth that permeates various ancient cultures from the Sumerians to the Bible – or ...

A Republican state legislator in Indiana said he would oppose President Donald Trump’s overtures to redraw the state’s ...

The story drew hundreds of thousands of views online, and a couple from New Hampshire decided they wanted to buy the set.

AFTER decades wandering through estates, mills and boardrooms, I have learnt one enduring truth: oil palms always hide ...

The Barter Theatre is the State Theatre of Virginia, one of the longest-running professional theaters in the nation. During the Great Depression, when cash was scarce but vegetables were plentiful, ...

Nestled along the banks of the Susquehanna River in Columbia County, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania might just be that magical unicorn of a town you’ve been searching for.