The “oldest map of the world in the world” on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered over multiple centuries to reveal a surprisingly familiar story, according to a recent video published by ...

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.

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian ...

Here’s how he redrew the map of the world. He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before dying, aged just 32.

The world’s oldest map of the night sky was amazingly accurate. Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient ...

Digging into the chalky orange-brown soil of western Germany, archaeologists exposed the ruins of an ancient Roman military ...

Scientists have deciphered the world's oldest map -- and they believe it's led them to the location of Noah's Ark. The 3,000-year-old Babylonian artifact has puzzled archaeologists for centuries ...

Now, the figurine has been shown to the public for the very first time, and it’s being called the discovery of the century.

People throng a street near the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of New Delhi on April 19, 2023; inset, a population map for 2100. India will have a higher population than China by the ...

Researchers Used a 1,500-Year-Old Map to Find a Lost City Excavators determined Tharais was a religious hub of the Byzantine empire. By Emma Frederickson Published: Jun 06, 2025 8:00 AM EDT ...

The new Airbus A321XLR can fly further than any other single-aisle plane on the market. It promises to open up new, nonstop, transatlantic routes to cities in Europe and the United States.

Donald Trump is abandoning this tradition by describing a Hobbesian world in which the most powerful are given free rein to dominate. If the U.S. wants Greenland’s resources, it has a divine ...