Women have been mapping the world for centuries – and now they’re speaking up for the people left out of those maps

Women have moved from mapmakers using their bodies to depict maps to being leaders shaping the field of cartography.
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NYX: Inside Mayfair’s invitation-only bar

London is overflowing with members’ clubs, particularly in Mayfair where you’ll find some of the city’s most exclusive. But when it comes to party hotspots, the name to know is NYX: the subterranean ...

Brazil: thousands in Rio de Janeiro honour sea goddess Yemanjá on the beach

Thousands of people gathered on a beach in Rio de Janeiro to honour Yemanjá. The Afro-Brazilian goddess of the sea is ...

Thousands gather on Rio beach to offer tributes to Afro-Brazilian sea goddess Yemanjá

Thousands of devotees clad in white robes gathered on a Rio de Janeiro beach on Monday to offer prayers and tributes to Yemanjá, the Afro-Brazilian goddess of the sea.
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Afghanistan Was a Crossroad of the Ancient World, Where Hellenistic Culture Blended With Buddhist Influences

Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...

How hieroglyphs became the sacred script of the ancient Egyptians

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.