A map of ancient Greece. Public Domain A digital map of ancient Greece and the known ancient world as traveled by ancient geographers has been created by researchers at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The map lets users get to know not only the cities and their stories, but also
Picture this situation: You are fifteen miles into the backcountry on the five-day backpacking trip of your dreams. The trail you are following is sparse and intermittent, but you’ve been following a GPS track on your phone to help aid in navigation. You stop to eat lunch at a beautiful alpine
Satellite image of Greece. Credit: NASA The Ancient Greek mapmakers were among the earliest thinkers to conceive of the world as a coherent whole, turning centuries of myth, seafaring knowledge, and emerging science into actual pictures—maps that transformed how people understood space and distance
