Published in Zürich in 1525, Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map came at a moment when the modern idea of nation-states was only ...
The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the ...
A backwards 1525 Bible map helped shape modern borders, influencing how we imagine territory, nations, and political space ...
A new Cambridge study reveals how the first Bible ever printed with a map, released in 1525 with the Holy Land accidentally reversed, ended up transforming far more than biblical illustration. The ...
The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago, in 1525. It still influences how we think ...
The map of the Holy Land in Christopher Froschauer’s 1525 Old Testament has the Mediterranean to the east of Palestine ...
Coloring the world into tidy blocks with sharp edges feels natural today. Nations look solid on a classroom map.
Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the ...
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 ...