Articles for tag: ancient America, Ancient History, historical discovery, historical mystery, lost civilizations

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2,000-Year-Old Map May Rewrite U.S. History

Suhail Ahmed

  A single sheet of parchment can spark a storm. Across labs and archives, researchers are re-reading the world’s oldest maps with new tools, asking whether ancient cartographers glimpsed a western land long before Columbus sailed. The idea is electrifying and uncomfortable: if a Roman-era world picture hid a clue to North America, entire chapters ...