Ancient Greek geographer Strabo is one of the greatest writers in the ancient world, devoting his life to studying, writing, ...

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 ...

We collected 25 rare antique maps of the world to give you an ancient tour that shows just how far we've come. Sparta 400s ...

The world’s oldest map unlocks secrets from 3,000 years ago revealing how our ancestors understood the world. The Babylonian ...

A sacred city in Sri Lanka holds an ancient carving believed to be the world's oldest map or an ancient stargate revealing the secrets of the Universe. Sakwala Chakraya is an ancient carving ...

Bonampak means "painted walls" in Maya, and the site is known for just that: beautiful murals depicting the life of the ancient Maya ... who feared that the world would end when the head was ...

For of the 21 ancient obelisks still standing ... Click on the labeled map below to view and review the world's 12 mightiest standing monoliths.

After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum ...

1980 Plan de l'Ancienne Ville de Bosra montrant l'emplacement de tous les monuments connus. B&W, 37 x 25 cm, scale by approximation ~ 1:6,100. Shows in red the boundaries of the site. 2017 Ancient ...

Photo from Xavier Sicart Chavarría via INAH Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement ... by the rainforest. A map shows the layout ...