The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...
In the half-dark of a third-floor office, Danielle Levy lifted a clay tablet out of its box. Carefully examining it with ...
as well as a wonderful-looking new map. You dig a well. You plant a barley farm. You build a malt house and a brewery. On paper – or rather parchment – that’s the end of your water-and-ale-making ...
The 3,000-year-old map places the Ark beyond Mesopotamia, in an unknown land where jewels hang from trees instead of fruit.