A photostat of the map is now in the British Museum. In the Geographical Journal of December, Mr. E. Lynam gives some account of this map. Woutneel was a Flemish bookseller living in London and ...

according to a recent video published by the British Museum. The cuneiform tablet from the 6th century BC shows an aerial view map of Mesopotamia — roughly modern-day Iraq — and what the ...

Only through the efforts of researchers from the British Museum was the knowledge inscribed on it unraveled. The map depicts Mesopotamia at the center, surrounded by two rings symbolizing water.