The world's oldest 3,000-year-old map has been released
Sep 13, 2024
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This ancient clay tablet has been deciphered many centuries later, giving us a glimpse of what the Babylonians believed about the world known at the time.
According to The Sun and other foreign media, the clay tablet called 'Imago Mundi' has been a mystery to researchers for centuries.
Experts have recently decoded the map, which was discovered in the Middle East and has been in the British Museum since 1882.
The map depicts ancient Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), surrounded by a double ring called the 'Beater River', which was believed to mark the boundaries of the world known at the time.
Dr. Irving Finkel, an expert on cuneiform writing at the British Museum, said, "The circle surrounding Mesopotamia summarizes the whole world.""It suggests that the Babylonians at the time believed that this region was the center of the world. "
The clay tablets also show the Euphrates River, which crosses ancient Mesopotamia.
Experts added that `the clay tablets also contain confirmations of gods and other mythological beings that the Babylonians believed.'
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