• The Babylonian Map of the World (also Imago Mundi or Mappa mundi) is a Babylonian clay tablet with a schematic world map and two inscriptions written in the Akkadian...
  • The tablet was in fact perhaps the oldest known world map, offering one of the few opportunities to glimpse the world view of Babylonian Civilisation[1].
  • Babylonian Map of the WorldWorld map (bottom) with the known Mesopotamian world in the center surrounded by the “Bitter River,” or ocean.
  • Babylonian, about 700-500 BCE Probably from Sippar, southern Iraq A unique ancient map of the Mesopotamian world This tablet contains both a cuneiform...
  • The Babylonian map of the world is the oldest map of the world, in the world. Written and inscribed on clay in Mesopotamia around 2,900-years-ago, it is, like...
  • A close-up view of the Babylonian map of the World. This partially broken clay tablet contains both cuneiform inscriptions and a unique map of the...
  • Name: Babylonian Map of the World ("Imago Mundi" in Latin). What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world.
  • The map was found in Iraq, in 19 century. Now it is stored in the British Museum. This Babylonian map of the World dates back to 6 century BC.
  • The Babylonian Map of the World , often referred to as the Imago Mundi , is a fascinating artifact from ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to the 6th century BC.