Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

A symposium marking the 500th anniversary of the printing of the first world map by renowned Ottoman sailor and cartographer Piri Reis began on Monday in Ankara. Piri Reis produced the oldest known ...

This was the Piri Reis map, a world chart compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. While the map is famous for its early depiction of the Americas, a new wave of academic ...

In 1929, a map was found rolled up on a dusty shelf in a library at the Topkapi Palace in Constantinople (present day Istanbul), Turkey. It dates back to 1513. This map, which is now well-known as the ...

Turkish Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Nihat Ergun attended the reception Thursday held to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Piri Reis map compiled in the year 1513. "Piri Reis served ...

Then Keene State College history professor Charles Hapgood, who authored several books on the subject of ancient, mysterious maps, said of the Piri Reis Map: “It appears that accurate information has ...

As the ice sheets of Antarctica continue to melt, experts believe that the lessening snow is revealing a mysterious truth about the South Pole. Satellite images from NASA show a possible human ...