Flat maps, aimed at providing a coherent projection ... Comparing the South American country (8,515,767 sq km) to the entire continent of Europe, which dominates most of the northern hemisphere ...

swept Europe from 1346 to 1353. This catastrophic event resulted in the deaths of up to 50 million people, decimating nearly half of the continent's population during the 14th century. Researchers ...

The map shared online moderately exaggerated the size of Texas; however it was more or less an accurate representation of the state's vastness. A photo shared to Facebook on Oct. 11, 2024, claimed ...

Perhaps in response to the Black Plague ravaging Europe, 14th century artists would depict the personification of Death surrounded by figures of a pope, an emperor, a king, a child, and a laborer ...

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Despite being one of Europe's smallest cities, the capital is packed full of Baroque style buildings dating back to the 16th century, boasting 31 churches in the metropolis alone. Flanked between ...

A team of computer scientists, astronomers and historians in Berlin has used machine-learning applications to learn more ...

From its origins in gambling, to a canvas for artists and political expression, tarot went through one last transformation in ...

Anatomy is approximate, not scientific. You can see why the various forms of optical perspective that arrived on the scene a century later would look so clarifyingly bold.” The show ends in 1350 ...

Stratification theories layer the natural world from the inanimate to the animate to the animal to the human. They used to be ...

Bulgaria’s second largest city, Plovdiv, is the oldest continuously inhabited city in all of Europe. UNESCO World Heritage ...

Where will you be for the “eclipse of the century?” Eclipse chasers hooked ... be an attractive proposition for those traveling from Europe, or who want to avoid Africa and the Middle East.