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 ...

What’s the Oldest City in the World? Finding the oldest city is a tough task. It involves looking at things like how long people have lived there, what archaeologists find, and old records.

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 ...

Researchers from the University of Adelaide recently announced the discovery of a 13,000-year-old 3D map, now thought to be the oldest 3D map in the world.

The world's oldest 3,000 year-old map reveals how our ancestors understood the world.

From Damascus, Syria, to Athens, Greece, here are 14 of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

Exploring the 10 oldest countries in the world reveals the deep historical roots of civilizations like Iran, Egypt, China, and India. With origins dating back to as early as 3200 BCE, these ...

Although determining which cities are the oldest in the world is a complex task in the imprecise discipline of ancient history, scholars have been debating around many things to come to a conclusion.

The oldest city in the United States is a Spanish settlement, established during the 16th century. Here's which U.S. city gets the title.

CHICAGO, July 19. -- Udnunki, the ancient Adab, perhaps the oldest city in the world, has been discovered by the University of Chicago's excavating expedition in Babylonia.

Founded in around 700 BCE, Samarkand is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Here’s what visitors heading to this Uzbekistan city today can expect.