What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world Where it is from: Abu Habba (Sippar), an ...

When it comes to operating beyond the limits of the known world into the world of imagination, [the tablet] is indispensable, ...

Ancient Babylonian world map from a clay tablet, nearly 3,000 years old, reveals a version of the Noah's Ark story and ...

THE mystery surrounding a 3,000-year-old tablet, believed to be the oldest map in the world has finally been solved. The ancient tablet has been deciphered after centuries and offers a glimpse of ...

The world map we see today has grown through the efforts of many explorers who have charted new boundaries, continually ...

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 Babylon at its center and surrounded by water ...

The Copts were (and remain) so devoted to Michael that they established 12 feasts in his honor, one per month, to be observed ...

What it is: A type of ceremonial suit constructed of jade pieces and worn by royal members of China's Han dynasty (ruled from ...

The newfound barracks may have been built partly because the Libyans were becoming a growing threat to ancient Egypt.

A Canadian man researching an upcoming camping trip via Google Maps has uncovered what experts believe to be a gigantic crater — left by an ancient space rock. Joël Lapointe, of Quebec ...

The creator of the most popular Ark Survival Ascended maps returns with Astraeos, a vast island inspired by Greek history and ...