Getting directions to 'a space beyond which There Be Dragons'
When Marge Simpson looks at a map of Springfield, what does she see? A show at the Harvard Map Collection has the answer.
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EarthSky | Blue-white Rigel is Orion's brightest star
Blue-white Rigel shines as the brightest star in the constellation Orion the Hunter. It's a hot massive star in the latter stages of its stellar evolution.
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Before Rhode Island Built Its State House, a Racist Mob Destroyed the Community That Lived There | History
In 1831, a group of white rioters razed the Providence neighborhood of Snowtown. Now, archaeologists are excavating its legacy
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Journey to Restore a Historic Armenian Map During the Pandemic
BY GEORGE AGHJAYAN For years, every time I was in the fourth floor conference room in the Hairenik building in Watertown, Massachusetts, I would stare at a huge map on the back wall. The 5’ x 8’ map was hand-drawn by Mardiros Kheranian in 1922. Those of us fortunate to have seen this map could not help but be drawn to it and be transported to the many Armenian villages it identified. Kheranian’s map is even more of a cultural and artistic treasure in a world where the Turkish government has attempted to wipe the names of these villages from modern maps.
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