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 map of what Hipparchus saw in the night sky reached almost mythical status. He supposedly composed it around 170 to 120 BC, making it the oldest known map of stars , but the text itself had ...

A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe, according ...

Some archaeologists have long suspected that a faded painting from the ruins of the 9,000-year-old village known as Catalhoyuk might be a map — of a settlement at the foot of an erupting volcano.

A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe, according to a new study.

The map was found at the Ségognole 3 rock shelter in the Fontainebleau sandstones south of Paris. This site has been studied for over 40 years and is well known for artistic engravings of two horses.

Hipparchus, who's also known as the father of trigonometry, is often considered the greatest astronomer of ancient Greece. Parts of his star map appear to have shown up in the Codex Climaci ...

"The world's oldest known map" has fortunately not been missing for years, but has been and is safely housed in the Baghdad Museum (item No. 50711), Iraq.

The map was donated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The oldest known map of Charlotte provides a look at decades past and how the city has changed. Open in Our App.

After the Revolutionary War, Pennsylvania passed a divestment act that would affect the vast holdings of William Penn’s family. Any Penn lands that hadn’t been sold or surveyed would be… ...

The oldest known map of Easton is back in the city library and will go on display later this month. The 1789 Plan of Easton was put in the hands of paper conservator Elizabeth Wendelin. She'll be ...