A 4,000‑year‑old stone slab from France is Europe’s oldest map, accurately depicting rivers and territory—now guiding archaeologists to lost Bronze Age sites hidden for millennia.
#AncientMaps #LostHistory #Archaeology #BronzeAge #Storytelling #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory
Read more: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/saint-belec-slab-0015166

500 years ago, a Bible map🗺️ rewrote the world.But it wasn’t the truth — it was a vision of power.
#BibleHistory📖 #AncientMaps #CartographySecrets #HolyLand✝️ #HistoricalMyths #RenaissanceMaps #NationStateOrigins #Storytelling #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory
Read more: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/first-map-bible-00102344

Could ancient mapmakers have altered our past and future? Explore how their forgotten knowledge might have reshaped the Age of Exploration and beyond. What secrets are hidden in untold histories? Link: YouTube #AncientMaps #LostKnowledge #AgeOfExploration #MysteriousHistory

Mappa Mundi - The Greatest Map Of The Medieval World [video]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB5B6wY8k5s <-- shared media video (BBC)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mappa_mundi <-- Wikipedia page
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“On the second floor of the Library of Saint Marks in Venice, Italy, a map of the world occupies an entire room.
The Mappa Mundi, completed by Italian monk and cartographer Fra Mauro in 1459 AD, is the compendium of all the geographical knowledge of the time and is arguably the greatest medieval map of the world…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #history #medieval #MedievalMonday #maps #cartography #Venice #Venezia #Italia #Italy #mappamundi #ancientmaps #historicmaps #gischat #global #worldmap

Topography Of Ancient Rome
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography_of_ancient_Rome <-- shared Wikipedia page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #mapmaking #ancientmaps #historicmaps #Rome #ancientrome #urban #topography #study #scholarly #archaeology #epigraphy #philology #localhistory #city #planning #urbandesign #antiquity #monuments #buildings #architecture

Worlds; and writing; and worlds without writing. Guest post by @juliet

http://press.futurefire.net/2024/01/worlds-and-writing-and-worlds-without.html

#guestpost #writing #writingaboutwriting #literacy #ancientmaps #worldbuilding

The History Of Cartography, The “Most Ambitious Overview Of Map Making Ever,” Is Free Online
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https://www.openculture.com/2023/12/the-history-of-cartography-the-most-ambitious-overview-of-map-making-ever-is-free-online.html <-- shared media article
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https://press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/index.html <-- link to digital free versions, University of Chicago Press
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https://www.facebook.com/HistoryofCartographyProject/ <-- Facebook page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #cartographer #maps #PDF #free #online #openaccess #history #geography #commerce #trade #legal #planning #urban #culture #ancienthistory #gischat #physicalworld #representation #ancientmaps #historyofmaps #navigation #mapmaking #mapmaker #appliedscience #book #books
University of Chicago Press

The World Map That Introduced Scientific Mapmaking To The Medieval Islamic World (1154 AD)
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https://www.openculture.com/2023/12/the-world-map-that-introduced-scientific-mapmaking-to-the-medieval-islamic-world-1154-ad.html <-- shared technical article
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/strange-maps-bad-medieval-world-map
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #ancientmaps #ancienthistory #alidrisi #atlas #reconstruction #TabulaRogeriana #medieval #islamic #world #global #ceuta #sicily #geography #geographer #cartographer #cartography #granddisk

If The Ancient Romans Had Google Maps - Omnesviae Is A Modern Route Planner Based On The Roads Of The Roman Empire
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https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/omnesviae-roman-roads-map/ <-- shared article
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https://www.omnesviae.org/ <-- OmnesViae - Roman RoutePlanner
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[combining professional and personal interests]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #gischat #network #webmap #romanempire #ancientrome #ancienthistory #transportation #infrastructure #roads #commerce #military #OmnesViae #routing #publicroads #TabulaPeutingeriana #history #ancientmaps #historicmaps #itinerarium #peutingermap #onlinemapping #onlinemap

A Map of the Celtic and Germanic Tribes in Europe, c. 52 BC.

📷: The History Files

#AncientMaps

A Map of the Division of the Roman Empire by the Tetrarchy under Diocletian.

📷: Coppermine Photo Gallery

#AncientMaps

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The Migration of the Angles and Saxons to Britain in the 5th c. AD.

📷: mbartelsm

#AncientMaps

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The Population Density of the Roman Empire, c. 125 AD.

Image: Abel_A_Kay

#AncientMaps

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DigitalMapsAW/status/1405480540359307264