Ancient maps to soon go online By Jamie Schuman : The Herald-Sun jschuman@heraldsun.com Feb 19, 2006 : 5:43 pm ET CHAPEL HILL -- While they may study places and people that are thousands of years old, scholars at UNC are at the forefront of modernizing antiquity. Researchers long have had to dip into hefty and static atlases to study the stomping grounds of Alexander the Great or the Roman emperors, but they soon will be able to do so on a comprehensive, open-source database on the Internet -- thanks to UNC's Ancient World Mapping Center. The group started the project...
