Researchers have now decoded a Babylonian tablet, which is thought to be the oldest map of the world. It was created between 2,600 and 2,900 years ago. The Imago Mundi (tablet) provided the ...

The Babylonian Map of the World was found in a box related to Rassam’s 1881 excavation at Sippar in present-day Iraq around 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of modern Baghdad.

World News Oldest map of the world on nearly 3,000-year-old Babylonian tablet deciphered to reveal surprisingly familiar story By Allie Griffin Published Sep. 11, 2024, 10:23 p.m. ET ...

Similarities in its writing style to that on other Babylonian tablets enabled experts to date it to between 1822 B.C. and 1726 B.C., around the time that King Hammurabi ruled the Babylonian Empire.