The map shows Mesopotamia surrounded by a double ring, which the ancient scribe called the “bitter river.” Credit: Kevan, CC BY 2.0 Archeologists have deciphered the world’s oldest map in a Babylonian ...
The “oldest map of the world in the world” on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered over multiple centuries to reveal a surprisingly familiar story, according to a recent video published by ...
By Zoë Hopkins Once she was cast out of the United States. Today, her art and activism are front and center at an exhilarating Brooklyn Museum retrospective. By Siddhartha Mitter A planned ...