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 language. Dated to no earlier than the 9th century BC (with a late 8th or 7th century BC date being more likely), it includes a brief and partially lost textual description.

2015年9月10日 · The Babylonian World Map, also known as Imago Mundi is usually dated to the 6th - 7th century BC. It is one of the oldest known world maps (if not the oldest) and certainly the most famous one. A close-up view of the Babylonian map of the World.

2024年10月28日 · The Imago Mundi, created around the 7th century BC, is a schematic map in the Akkadian language, depicting the world as the Babylonians understood it. It was unearthed in Abu Habba (ancient Sippar) in southern Iraq and entered the British Museum’s collection in 1882.

2022年9月17日 · The Imago Mundi, a Babylonian map of the world, is the earliest globe that has been discovered. The fifth century BC is when this map was created. This map, which was discovered in the city of Sippar in southern Iraq, depicts a small portion of the world as it was known to the ancient Babylonians.

2024年10月30日 · A new video from the British Museum highlights the Imago Mundi, the oldest known world map discovered on a clay tablet from Babylon. The babylonian oldest map, dating back to around the seventh century BC, offers a fascinating glimpse into the beliefs and worldview of the Babylonians.

Acquired by the British Museum in 1882 and translated in 1889, this tablet depicts a map of known and unknown regions of the ancient Mesopotamian world. Two cuneiform texts accompany the map, one above the map and the other on the reverse of the tablet.

A Babylonian world map, known as the Imago Mundi, is commonly dated to the 6th century BCE. [5] The map as reconstructed by Eckhard Unger shows Babylon on the Euphrates , surrounded by a circular landmass including Assyria , Urartu ( Armenia ) [ 6 ] and several cities, in turn surrounded by a "bitter river" ( Oceanus ), with eight outlying ...

2024年10月30日 · Scientists have recently unlocked the secrets of the world's oldest map, a 3,000-year-old clay tablet known as the Imago Mundi, which is believed to show the location of Noah’s Ark. The ancient...

This map is known as the Imago Mundi—otherwise known as the Babylonian Map of the World. This ancient, rudimentary clay tablet map has been making headlines around the world recently, with its “Noah’s ark” connection framed as being the result of brand-new research.

The oldest surviving world map is the Babylonian Map of the World, also known as the ‘Imago Mundi’. It is a clay tablet dated to 700-500 BCE that depicts the world as a circular disc with Babylon at the center.