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 Imago Mundi, the oldest known world map, offers a rare glimpse into the way ancient Babylonians viewed their world. Carved onto a clay tablet around the 5th century BCE, it was uncovered in ...

Here's how early humans spread from East Africa all around the world. Produced by Alex Kuzoian Follow BI Video: On Facebook More from Science It's tough to know what happened on Earth thousands of ...

What's cooler than maps? Bizarre ancient maps. Oxford University Press recently published "The Oxford Map Companion: One Hundred Sources in World History," edited by UC Irvine historian Patricia Seed.