The cuneiform tablet from the 6th century BC shows an aerial view map of Mesopotamia — roughly modern-day Iraq — and what the Babylonians believed lay beyond the known world at the time.
The writing above the map tells of the creation of the Earth, and the map itself seems to give an aerial view of Mesopotamia. On the tablet, Mesopotamia is surrounded by a double circle that is ...
Ever since it was found people have tried to figure out what the map-like symbols etched onto ... scientists who say it shows an aerial view of Mesopotamia that dates back to the 6th century ...