Name: Babylonian Map of the World ("Imago Mundi" in Latin) What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world Where it is from: Abu Habba (Sippar), an ancient ...

The “oldest map of the world in the world” on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered over multiple centuries to reveal a surprisingly familiar story, according to a recent video published by ...

Before satellites and global positioning systems, ancient civilizations charted their known universe with remarkable ...

Ever since it was found people have tried to figure out what the map-like symbols etched onto ... Based on other ancient Babylonian scriptures the word parsiktu typically helps to explain the ...

The Babylonian Map of the World, originating from ancient Iraq around the sixth century B.C., is the oldest known map. Depicting a circular world with Babylon at its center and surrounded by water ...