A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian world ...

Bland's timing was good: Map collecting was moving just then from mere hobby to pricey, speculative racket. The total value of his haul was nearly $500,000.

Clues to the development of Wake County history. Some of the maps, which hold valuable clues to the history of the development of cities and towns in Wake County, were nearly 150 years old.

An archivist and an antique bookseller were charged Friday with stealing millions of dollars’ worth of rare books, illustrations, maps and photographs from a Pittsburgh library over a 20-year ...