Anaximander's Map is considered by some to be the first-ever world map, and alleged versions of it have been shared across ...
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 ...
This belief in Babylon’s exceptional nature in the ancient world is a precious testament to past cultural beliefs. This map ...
Scientists have deciphered the world's oldest map etched in a clay tablet about ... The word 'parsiktu' has been found on other ancient Babylonian tablets, specifically to explain the size of ...
NIPPUR MAP TABLET. DATE: ca. 1500 B.C. MATERIAL: Clay. DIMENSIONS: 5 inches by 4.3 inches. FOUND: Nippur, Iraq. For the busy farmers of the Babylonian sacred city of Nippur, ready access to water ...