thepastisalreadywritten: Babylonian Map of the World (6th century BC), also known as Imago Mundi, is oldest clay tablet map written in Akkadian. The tablet describes the oldest known depiction of the known world. It was discovered at Sippar, southern Iraq, 60 miles north of Babylon on east bank of Euphrates River. This map not only …
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2.4 x 2.4 meters, Fra Mauro’s mappa mundi: the…
2.4 x 2.4 meters, Fra Mauro’s mappa mundi: the world’s largest extant map from early modern Europe, 1450.
What Does ‘Yellowjackets’ Finale Title “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi” Mean?
User charlottellyn mentioned the Latin phrase’s historical origins, too, discussing its relation to papal coronations. “On each occasion, a papal master of ceremonies would fall to his knees before the pope, holding a silver or brass reed, bearing a tow of smoldering flax. For three times in succession, as the cloth burned away, he would …
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