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 ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

The "oldest map of the world in the world" on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered to reveal a surprisingly familiar story, according to the British Museum's Irving Finkel.

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 ...

The Babylonian Map of the World was found in a box related to Rassam’s 1881 excavation at Sippar in present-day Iraq around 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of modern Baghdad.

A CLEVER team of scientists have managed to decipher the world’s oldest map and claim it may show the location of “Noah’s Ark”. The 3,000-year-old Babylonian tablet has puzz… ...

THE mystery surrounding a 3,000-year-old tablet, believed to be the oldest map in the world has finally been solved. The ancient tablet has been deciphered after centuries and offers a glimpse of w… ...

The Babylonian Map of the World, c. 510-c. 500 BC. Found in the collection of British Museum. Artist: Assyrian Art. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images) ...

However, NOAA considers the Babylonian Map of the World as the first known world map, adding that its features show "Babylon itself, the Euphrates river, Assyria, Urartu, and several cities.

Scientists have deciphered the world's oldest map -- and they believe it's led them to the location of Noah's Ark. The 3,000-year-old Babylonian artifact has puzzled archaeologists for centuries ...

“The Babylonian map of the world is the oldest map of the world, in the world. Written and inscribed on clay in Mesopotamia around 2,900-years-ago, it is, like so many cuneiform tablets, incomplete.

A CLEVER team of scientists have managed to decipher the world’s oldest map and claim it may show the location of “Noah’s Ark”. The 3,000-year-old Babylonian tablet has puzz… ...