Before satellites and global positioning systems, ancient civilizations charted their known universe with remarkable ...

The map was originally discovered in 1882 by renowned archaeologist Hormuzd Rassam in Sippar, an ancient Babylonian city in present-day Iraq ... and the patron God of Babylon who was also revered ...

originating from ancient Iraq around the sixth century B.C., is the oldest known map. Depicting a circular world with Babylon at its center and surrounded by water, it includes cuneiform text ...

The cuneiform tablet from the 6th century BC shows an aerial view map of Mesopotamia — roughly modern-day Iraq — and what ... in Mesopotamia including Babylon, and another rectangle represents ...

BABYLON, Iraq (Reuters) - For a site whose historical ... "The Future of Babylon" project launched last month seeks to "map the current conditions of Babylon and develop a master plan for its ...

BABYLON, Iraq — A U.S.-funded program to restore the ruins of Iraq’s ancient city of Babylon is threatened by a dispute among Iraqi officials over whether the priority should be preserving the ...

BABYLON, Iraq – BABYLON, Iraq (AP) — A U.S.-funded program to restore the ruins of Iraq's ancient city of Babylon is threatened by a dispute among Iraqi officials over whether the priority ...

RUINS OF BABYLON, Iraq (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At the temple of Ninmakh, the Sumerian mother goddess, Iraqi archaeologists are using 7,000-year-old techniques to protect the monument ...