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 the ...

A set of mysterious grooves on a cave floor in France has turned out to be far more than abstract art. Archaeologists now argue that the engravings form the world’s oldest known three-dimensional map, ...

The map was found at the Ségognole 3 rock shelter in the Fontainebleau sandstones south of Paris. This site has been studied for over 40 years and is well known for artistic engravings of two horses.

A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe, according ...

Researchers have discovered what may be the world's oldest three-dimensional map, located within a quartzitic sandstone megaclast in the Paris Basin. Researchers have discovered what may be the ...