Oldest map of the world on nearly 3,000-year-old Babylonian tablet deciphered to reveal surprisingly familiar story
The cuneiform tablet from the 6th century BC shows an aerial view map of Mesopotamia — roughly modern-day Iraq — and what the ...
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World’s oldest map dating back 3,000 years reveals details beyond Babylonian Empire
Mesopotamia, which is modern-day Iraq is being depicted on the map. It also shows Mesopotamia being surrounded by a double ring dubbed the “Bitter River”. This river is known to have marked ...
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Beautiful Babylon: Jewel of the Ancient World
Mesopotamia—“the land between two rivers ... The site of Babylon was first identified in the 1800s in what is now Iraq. Later excavations, undertaken by the German archaeologist Robert ...