Published in Zürich in 1525, Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map came at a moment when the modern idea of nation-states was only ...

Researchers think they have found a depiction of Noah’s Ark on the 3,000-year-old Babylonian Map of the World. Also known as the Imago Mundi, the clay tablet has baffled archaeologists for over a ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian world ...

The patterned cuneiform tablet was discovered in the Middle East before being acquired by the British Museum in 1882. Ever since it was found people have tried to figure out what the map-like symbols ...

Historians have decoded inscriptions on an ancient tablet that is believed to be the oldest surviving map of the world. Reading the Babylonian relic, which includes a circular map accompanied by text ...

Researchers have finally decoded a Babylonian tablet thought to be the oldest map of the world. Created between 2,600 and 2,900 years ago, the Imago Mundi provided researchers with a unique glimpse ...

Anaximander's Map is considered by some to be the first-ever world map, and alleged versions of it have been shared across social media channels since at least 2020, from Instagram and Reddit to ...

The ancient clay tablet also reveals many unknowns about the Babylonians including mythical creatures and mystical lands A CLEVER team of scientists have managed to decipher the world’s oldest map and ...

Scientists have deciphered the world's oldest map etched in a clay tablet about 3,000 years ago, finding it features the location of 'Noah's Ark' among the drawings. The Babylonian artifact, known as ...