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A 500-year “Bible map” still shapes modern borders

The first printed Bible to include a map of the Holy Land appeared roughly 500 years ago, yet its vision of where sacred territory begins and ends still echoes in the way modern borders are drawn and ...
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A 500-year-old Bible map helped shape modern border ideas

A single misdrawn page in a 500-year-old Bible quietly rewired how Europeans imagined the world, and its influence still lingers in the way we talk about borders and nations today. What began as a ...
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First ‘Bible map’ published 500 years ago still influences how we think about borders

UNDER STRICT EMBARGO UNTIL 19:01 US ET ON FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2025 / 00:01 UK (GMT) ON SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 2025 The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in ...
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First 'Bible map' published 500 years ago still influences how we think about borders, study suggests

The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the wrong way round—showing the Mediterranean to the East—but its inclusion set a ...