Five centuries ago, a single misprinted image in a German Bible quietly rewired how Europeans pictured the world and their ...

Published in Zürich in 1525, Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map came at a moment when the modern idea of nation-states was only just beginning to take shape.

A Bible from 1525 with an incorrect map changed the way Europe imagined borders and territories for centuries.

UNDER STRICT EMBARGO UNTIL 19:01 US ET ON FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2025 / 00:01 UK (GMT) ON SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 2025 The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in ...

15:17, Sun, Aug 30, 2020 Updated: 15:17, Sun, Aug 30, 2020 The Madaba Map, or the Madaba Mosaic Map, is a sixth century AD depiction of the Holy Land, believed to be among the oldest known portrayals ...

Writers who parse the New Testament seem to fall into one of two camps: those who consider the Christian Bible to hold divine wisdom, and those who regard its books as primary historical sources, much ...

BIBLE followers were thrilled by the discovery of an ancient manuscript which is said to be a "treasure map" pinpointing the location of "165 tonnes of gold". The Dead Sea Scrolls are a set of ancient ...

The first ever map in the Bible still influences how we think about borders today – despite being printed the wrong way round 500 years ago, a new study reveals. Nathan MacDonald, professor of ...