The Babylonian map is known as the Imago Mundi and holds the title of the oldest known map in the world as it shows the world ...

A team of archaeologists has uncovered what may be one of the oldest known depictions of the night sky — a prehistoric star ...

The oldest known map of the world is the Babylonian Map of the World, dating back to the sixth century B.C. This clay tablet has a labeled depiction of the world as it was known back then, with the ...

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread. Unravelling Earth's ...

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has ...

Encyclopedia Britannica says the Babylonian Map was "produced between the late 8th and 6th centuries BCE" and "depicts the oldest known map of the ancient world." ...

The world's oldest known dress is a simple V-necked garment that was overlooked as rags for decades.

In a groundbreaking paleontological discovery that rewrites our understanding of early animal evolution, scientists have successfully mapped what is now confirmed to be the oldest known animal brain ...

2,300-year-old Chinese star chart is world’s oldest celestial map, reveals new study Researchers determined that Master Shi first documented the stars from his perspective in the 4th century BCE.

Yet, for much of history, cooking was an art passed down orally and not often documented in writing. So what's the oldest known recipe?

The world’s oldest map unlocks secrets from 3,000 years ago revealing how our ancestors understood the world. The Babylonian map known as the Imago Mundi, holds the title of the oldest known map ...