When it comes to operating beyond the limits of the known world into the world of imagination, [the tablet] is indispensable, ...
The distortions of maps can influence how we see the world. Astoundingly, we’ve been viewing things incorrectly since 1569.
What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world Where it is from: Abu Habba (Sippar), an ...
What to do? He decided that a magnificent gift—a lavish map of the world—might maneuver him into the new king’s good graces. D’Annebault hired Pierre Desceliers, one of the best ...
Legend has it that a headless sculpture of the god Yaxachtun at the site formerly terrified the local Lacandon people, who feared that the world would end when the head was replaced. With its ...
Sitting in the southeast corner of France along the Mediterranean Sea, Nice is best known as a beach destination. However, those who take the time to explore the offshore areas of this small city ...
Experts from ICON give us their views on the past, present and future of NICE’s standing on the world stage. One of the earliest and most pronounced impacts of the UK’s vote to leave the ...
NICE is on a collision course with a pharma company once again – this time over Soliris, the most expensive drug in the world. Approved in 2011 as the first and only treatment for the very rare ...
Jim Call (the Penetrators) brings a theremin from Lemon Grove. Wherever the trio sets up, it’s a Nicey Nice World. Among the band’s unusual instruments is a hurdy gurdy, as made famous by ...
When soccer was professionalized in France in 1930, Nice were one of the founding clubs. However they were soon relegated to the second tier. They’d remain at that level until professional football ...
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