Imago Mundi, also known as the “Babylonian Map of the World,” is often said to be the oldest map of the known world ever found. Granted, it isn’t as scientifically accurate as Google Maps ...

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 Babylonian city in what is now Iraq When it was made: Approximately ...