The earliest known world maps date to classical antiquity, the oldest examples of the 6th to 5th centuries BCE still based on the flat Earth paradigm. World maps assuming a spherical Earth …

Dec 4, 2025 · The earliest maps reveal how ancient people understood geography, resource distribution, and cosmic order. Mesopotamia: The World Carved in Clay The oldest maps …

Aug 2, 2018 · The mammoth tusk map from the village of Pavlov in the Czech Republic is believed to be the oldest known map in the world. While archaeologists aren’t completely sure, …

The Babylonian Map of the World is the oldest known world map. It shows Babylon in the center and several known regions surrounded by the ocean. Outlying regions are depicted in …

Nov 21, 2016 · History’s earliest known world map was scratched on clay tablets in the ancient city of Babylon sometime around 600 B.C. The star-shaped map measures just five-by-three …

Nov 9, 2024 · A 6th century B.C. Babylonian clay tablet in the British Museum is the oldest surviving map of the world. It was discovered in Sippar, modern-day southern Iraq, and the …

Dec 22, 2024 · The oldest known maps date back thousands of years, revealing how ancient cultures perceived their environment and organized their knowledge. From clay tablets in …

Apr 8, 2025 · The first attempts by humans to map their surroundings were three-dimensional efforts to portray rivers and lakes carved onto cave floors. Archeologists have found these 3D …

Sep 9, 2024 · 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. Where it is from: Abu Habba …

Oct 29, 2024 · The oldest globe ever found is the Imago Mundi, a Babylonian map of the world. This map is a Babylonian clay tablet with a schematic world map and two inscriptions written in …