The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. This stunning geological map of ...
The map of Europe has not simply been scorched by the consuming heat of our time: it has been, in large measure, destroyed. Only a few remains are left, to testify to its previous existence and to its ...
Monty Python famously asked what the Romans ever did for us, but as a new map shows, they constructed a vast network of roads that revolutionized the world. Called Itiner-e, the incredible map ...
The Library of Congress has recently digitized a group of puzzle maps dating from the late 18 th to the early 20 th century. These “dissected maps” were the first generation of jigsaw puzzles; ...
A map of Doggerland, which once connected Britain to mainland Europe Europe's Lost Frontiers Project As recently as 20,000 years ago—not long in geological terms—Britain was not, in fact, an island.
Recent scientific literature has highlighted the relevance of population genetic studies both for disease association mapping in admixed populations and for understanding the history of human ...
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