Explore the Sunderland Collection’s stunning maps and atlases, spanning European mapmakers from the Middle Ages to the ... 18th century—many of these antique maps were filled with remarkably ...

“These seizures confirm an emerging trend: capitalising on interest in the purchase of antiquities, unscrupulous traders are faking Middle Eastern objects for sale,” St John Simpson, curator ...

Thanks to the country’s Civil War, millions of Syrians have fled to refugee camps in neighboring Middle Eastern or European countries. This map shows the refugees—but as Vox points out ...

To this day, Israel or the Palestinian territories may fall off some maps, depending on the politics of their makers. This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway ...