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 ...

Despite its archaeological and scientific value, the map would not be a practical navigation tool today. However, as Dr. Irving Finkel, a British Museum expert, notes, it portrays Babylon as ...

The world’s oldest map unlocks secrets from 3,000 years ago revealing how our ancestors understood the world. The Babylonian map known as the Imago Mundi, holds the title of the oldest known ...