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 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, ...

In 2025, the world's oldest map of the Holy Land stirred a fascinating convergence of modern technology and ancient artifacts.

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In 1375, a Spanish mapmaker made a world map we now refer to as the Catalan Atlas. For its time, the atlas was remarkably ...

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 ...

@astro_timpeake A copy of one of the oldest maps in Britain, now exploring the newest frontier here in space #mappamundi Perpetual Trust ?– @PerpetualTrust Feb 11 Hereford, Englan @astro_timpeake ...

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