Africa is broken. It is being dissected by the famous East African Rift which extends over a length of 5000 km along the eastern side of Africa and seems poised to destroy Africa as we know it.

Summit Historical Society director Jordan Bennett said Wednesday, Feb. 5, that the nonprofit has about 1,000 historic maps and has received a grant to begin digitizing the collection, starting ...

The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.

The Ogaden National Liberation Front has said it’s rethinking its 2018 peace deal with the government. We hear from a former female fighter. Show more “Growing up in Ogaden, I was surrounded ...

This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples ...

Historians have discovered a major site dating between the late 1600s and early 1700s. The site was used by the French settlers and the Native Americans in the area. It is believed to have been one of ...

We connected with Elgazzar to learn how she sifted through 1,000 years of history to capture the rich and storied history of ...

Archaeologists believe they may have found the world’s oldest 3D map dating back around 13,000 years, as revealed in a new study. Located in a rock shelter called Ségognole 3, south of Paris ...

Clues hiding in the details of a 400-year-old map could now solve the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke - an island between North Carolina and the Outer Banks. The map, titled 'La Virginea ...

Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED It's totally understandable if you haven’t opened Apple Maps since its disastrous launch in 2012, which among other things saw people ...

The Maui Wildfire was the fifth deadliest wildland fire in U.S. history, destroying neighborhoods and historic landmarks. “We are seeing a change in the baseline risk of wildfire across the ...

Dr. Emil Charles Robles of the University of the Philippines-Diliman School of Archeology recently embarked on a mission to preserve Northern Samar’s historical sites. “By shedding light on ...