The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

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 (Sippar), an ancient ...

The “oldest map of the world in the world” on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered over multiple centuries to reveal a surprisingly familiar story, according to a recent video published by ...

Legend has it that a headless sculpture of the god Yaxachtun at the site formerly terrified the local Lacandon people, who feared that the world would end when the head was replaced. With its ...

I n a feat that seemed unachievable just a few short years ago, an international research consortium has today unveiled the ...

The Smithsonian Pocket Guide (PDF) is a map-sized visitor guide that folds down to fit in your pocket. It is available at Washington, D.C., area information/welcome desks in English and Spanish. It is ...

What to do? He decided that a magnificent gift—a lavish map of the world—might maneuver him into the new king’s good graces. D’Annebault hired Pierre Desceliers, one of the best ...

1. Distribute the Map of Imperial Territories and ask the students what maps can tell us about how its maker perceives his or her place in the world? 2. Have students use colored markers to draw a map ...

Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully producing detailed maps of the Sun's coronal ... Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's most powerful solar telescope ...

In Rwanda, 11 deaths have been reported from this rare but deadly disease. Two people tested negative in Germany this week.

Adobe's PDF filetype was introduced to the world in January 1993. It started life as the Camelot Project in 1990, taking influence from 1985's Postscript, one of the best desktop publishing ...

The number of cases peaked at more than 100,000 Monday morning, according to the website Downdetector. Users complained of ...