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 ...

What's cooler than maps? Bizarre ancient maps. Oxford University Press recently published "The Oxford Map Companion: One Hundred Sources in World History," edited by UC Irvine historian Patricia Seed.

Like the tomb of an ancient pharaoh, it offers a unique window into a long-lost world. The legendary marine ... Foley shows off his photomosaic map, noting that placing each recovered object ...