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 ...

In a biological preserve in Mexico’s Campeche State, a team of archaeologists has documented pyramids, palaces, a ball court and other remains of an ancient ... maps. Dr. Sprajc, 67, said ...