In a video, Irving Finkel, a curator in the Middle East department of the British Museum, shares about the “oldest map of the world in the world.” ...

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 Babylonian city in what is now Iraq When it was made: Approximately ...

The "oldest map of the world in the world" on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered to reveal a surprisingly familiar story, according to the British Museum's Irving Finkel.

Incredible map shows every British island across the world including one 8,939 miles away From the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar to tiny pacific outcrops, the reach of British territory still ...

World News: The Babylonian Map of the World, originating from ancient Iraq around the sixth century B.C., is the oldest known map. Depicting a circular world with ...