In 1882, the British Museum acquired the oldest known map of the world, which was carved into a clay tablet from Babylon and is known as the Imago Mundi. Dating to the seventh century B.C.E., it ...

The "oldest map of the world in the world" on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered to reveal a surprisingly familiar story, according to the British Museum's Irving Finkel.

In a hand-drawn map of the world, hundreds of animals sprawl across valleys and volcanoes, deltas and deserts. In Australia, marsupials abound: A snarling Tasmanian devil stands before craggy ...

Every map of the world that you have ever seen is inaccurate. Well, of course, you might think. How could they map out the world when it’s round, not flat?

Trekking Across Switzerland, Guided by Locals’ Hand-Drawn Maps Nostalgic for a time before ubiquitous connectivity, a writer ditched his phone and relied instead on serendipity — and maps made ...

When it was done, it was the most detailed and accurate map of the known world that anyone had yet made. Grab a Copy. Here Begins the Dark Sea: Venice, a Medieval Monk, ...