According to researchers, the Babylonian tablet has a round map with fragments of text about the early creation of the world.

Researchers are shedding light on an ancient Babylonian tablet known as the oldest map of the world. The map was likely ...

The Babylonian Map of the World, originating from ancient Iraq around the sixth century B.C., is the oldest known map.

Reading the Babylonian relic, which includes a circular map accompanied by text in the ancient style of cuneiform which used ...

To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Small square shaped clay tablet with cuneiform writing. The tablet is inscribed on obverse and reverse with text ...

To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Small square clay tablet with cuneiform writing. Both obverse and reverse surfaces and left edge are densely ...

What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world Where it is from: Abu Habba (Sippar), an ...

Depicting a circular world with Babylon at its center and surrounded by water, it includes cuneiform text marking various locations. Recently showcased by The British Museum, it reveals ...

Reading the Babylonian relic, which includes a circular map accompanied by text in the ancient style of cuneiform which used wedge-shaped symbols, has unlocked a mythical world of monsters and beasts.