A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

Researchers are shedding light on an ancient Babylonian tablet known as the oldest map of the world. The map was likely created around 2,600 years ago and offers a glimpse into the past.

Babylonia was often involved in rivalry with the state of Assyria in the north of Mesopotamia. It became a major power during the reign of Hammurabi, its ruler during 1792–1750 BC.

The "oldest map of the world in the world" on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered to reveal a surprisingly familiar story, according to the British Museum's Irving Finkel.

A map of Mesopotamia ... So if Babylon and Mesopotamia are not the same thing, why does this misconception exist? A Live Science reporter asked experts to get their take on the matter.

NIPPUR MAP TABLET. DATE: ca. 1500 B.C. MATERIAL: Clay. DIMENSIONS: 5 inches by 4.3 inches. FOUND: Nippur, Iraq. For the busy farmers of the Babylonian sacred city of Nippur, ready access to water ...

New York: Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's, 2012. Pp. x, 310. Illus., maps, biblio., index. $27.99. ISBN: 9781250000071 Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization is a synthesis of the most recent ...

Mesopotamia—“the land between two rivers”—gave birth to many of the world’s first great cities. The splendid city of Babylon, located between the waters of the Euphrates and the Tigris ...

Babylon, the ancient Mesopotamian civilization, existed from roughly 2000 B.C. to 540 B.C.

Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization Paul Kriwaczek. St. Martin’s/Dunne, $27.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-00007-1 ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian ...