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Ancient Babylonian Map Offers a Rare 2,600-Year-Old View of the World
A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...
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2,600-Year-Old Babylonian map from Iraq reveals ancient worldview
Discover the Imago Mundi, the 2,600-year-old Babylonian world map from Sippar, Iraq. Learn how it blends geography, myth & ...
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Mappa Mundi: The greatest map of the medieval world
The Mappa Mundi, completed by monk Fra Mauro in 1459, is the compendium of all the geographical knowledge of the time and is arguably the greatest medieval map of the world. Video by Anna ...
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Mappa Mundi
Drawn a single sheet of vellum, the Mappa Mundi reflects the medieval church ... The geographical material of the map is contained within a circle measuring 52" in diameter and reflects the ...