Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

The Imago Mundi, the oldest known world map, offers a rare glimpse into the way ancient Babylonians viewed their world. Carved onto a clay tablet around the 5th century BCE, it was uncovered in ...

As highlighted in the museum’s official presentation, the artifact is not just the oldest known map of the world—it’s also a cultural statement about how ancient Babylonians understood their ...

can point them towards some hidden secrets of the ancient world. The Bronze Age map, at first look, is just a piece of rock etched with mysterious markings. But it turns out, the so-called "Saint ...

The Facebook post's caption read: "The first world map ever, created by Anaximander of Miletus (610 BC–546 BC), a Greek philosopher." Ancient Greek philosopher Anaximander of Miletus is ...

The map of the Roman world was created by historians from Stanford University, and features 632 sites, including urban settlements and mountain passes. Travel times in Ancient Rome are based on ...

“We want to map it all—that’s the message ... and he has led site surveys all over the world, from lost villages in Costa Rica to ancient Roman ports drowned in Portuguese marshes.

allowing researchers to peel away vegetation and map ancient structures below. Among the details revealed in the latest analysis are the ancient world's first-ever extensive system of stone ...