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Researchers decode 200-year-old Red Sea navigational chart, revealing lost seafaring secrets

The document, dated to the late 18th or early 19th century, is illustrated with images of ships and religious buildings. It depicts more than 180 islands, along with reefs, landmarks and flags. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
The Indian, Kachchhi/Gujarati, document.
Apple Maps

Apple steps on the gas: Ads are coming to the Maps app

The new version of the operating system reveals the infrastructure of the technology giant for displaying location- and search-based ads.

|ByWALLA! TECH
The Nebra dky disc

TV murder series rekindles interest in the mysteries of the Nebra sky disc

The real story of its finding unfolded in the late 1990s on the forested crest of the Mittelberg in Saxony-Anhalt, where the object lay concealed for thousands of years.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A three-camera stereoscopic imaging kit is used to create accurate 3D models of underwater artifacts.

Out of prison at last, the man behind a famed deep-sea haul refuses to share the map to the gold

Tommy Thompson located the S.S. Central America—known as the “Ship of Gold”—in 1988. The vessel lay more than 7,000 feet (2,134 meters) below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

German military counter-intelligence omits Israel from map, apologizes

“Care of course takes precedence - we made a mistake on the map of the MAD report, we apologize and corrected it immediately," the Defense Ministry tweeted.

MAY 6, 2020ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Compass on the tourist map. Focus on the compass needle. (Illustrative)

Centuries-old maps on auction offer unique glimpse on ancient Israel

The collection of maps, illustrations and books of prominent scholar Rabbi Daniel Sperber are going to be on sale on May 5 at Kedem Auction House in Jerusalem.

APRIL 30, 2020ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Clover Leaf Map – Heinrich Bünting – 16/17 Century – Hand-Colored Engraving

Coronavirus Map: Latest updates of Coronavirus spreads worldwide

Stay updated on latest coronavirus news from around the world.

MARCH 25, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A passenger wearing a mask walks at the Shanghai railway station in China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, February 9, 2020.