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Oldest map of the world on nearly 3,000-year-old Babylonian tablet deciphered to reveal surprisingly familiar story
The “oldest map of the world in the world” on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered ... and above the map diagram describing the creation of the Earth and what its writer believed existed ...
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Babylonian Map of the World: The oldest known map of the ancient world
Name: Babylonian Map of the World ("Imago Mundi ... Above the map is a block of text describing the creation of the world by Marduk, the chief god of Babylonia. The description names more than ...