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Mapping the Past May/June 2019
The Nebra Sky Disc
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Mapping the Past May/June 2019
Nippur Map Tablet
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Mapping the Past May/June 2019
The Goldmine Papyrus
(Photo: Nicola Dell’Aquila e Federico Taverni/Museo Egizio) -
Mapping the Past May/June 2019
Han Dynasty Map
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Mapping the Past May/June 2019
The Forma Urbis Romae
(Museo della Civilta Romana, Rome, Italy/De Agostini Picture Library/Bridgeman Images) -
Mapping the Past May/June 2019
The Paracas Textile
(Nazca. Mantle (“The Paracas Textile”), 100-300 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 24 5/8 × 58 11/16 in. (62.5 × 149 cm). Brooklyn Museum, John Thomas Underwood Memorial Fund, 38.121) -
Mapping the Past May/June 2019
Catawba Map
(CO700/NORTHAMERICANCOLONIESGENERAL6/© The National Archives, Kew, UK) -
Mapping the Past May/June 2019
Wooden Inuit Maps
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Mapping the Past May/June 2019
Marshall Islands Stick Chart
(© The Trustees of the British Museum/Art Resource, NY)
Mapping the Past
ARCHAEOLOGY’s editors explore the genius and creativity of mapmakers through time
(Courtesy of the Penn Museum/object #B13885)
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