“The Babylonian map of the world is the oldest map of the world, in the world. Written and inscribed on clay in Mesopotamia around 2,900-years-ago, it is, like so many cuneiform tablets, incomplete.

and the map itself seems to give an aerial view of Mesopotamia. On the tablet, Mesopotamia is surrounded by a double circle that is labeled the "Bitter River." At the time of creation, this was ...

Researchers think they have found a depiction of Noah’s Ark on the 3,000-year-old Babylonian Map of the World ... the boundary of the known world. Within Mesopotamia, clear markings depict ...

The Babylonian map of the world is the oldest map of the world, in the world. Written and inscribed on clay in Mesopotamia around 2,900-years-ago, it is, like so many cuneiform tablets, incomplete.

But in 2022, researchers from Queen Mary University of London warned the programme may do more harm than good and potentially encourage eating disorders in kids ... comes as the World Health ...

This neighborhood isn't just for kids, though: More mature travelers come ... You'll also find the two largest monuments to a flag in the world anchoring Humboldt Park's Paseo Boricua, a six ...

Newly analyzed 5,000-year-old clay bowls unearthed in Iraq may be evidence of early government-like rule, a new study finds.

Focaccia has been a staple of Italian meals since at least ancient Rome, but new research indicates the flatbread’s origins date as far back as the Neolithic Era. According to some archeologists ...

The world's oldest known system of writing was ... that cuneiform script — which was developed in early Mesopotamia around 3100 B.C. and is thought to be the earliest writing system ...

The writing system is thought to have originated from Mesopotamia, the region where the world’s earliest known civilization developed that’s now modern-day Iraq. Before cuneiform, however ...

“The earliest invention of writing in the world needs to be studied much better,” says Ferrara. “Seals have played a less marginal role in creating the signs than we thought.” Or, in a few words: ...

It is considered a form of proto-writing used in Mesopotamia and is thought to be the precursor to the world's first writing system, cuneiform script, developed by the Sumerian civilization around ...