Ancient Roman Maps – Peutinger Table
The Romans were known not only for their great roads but also for their road maps, which looked more like a table. One of the most famous is the so-called
Ptolemy’s World Map
The Greek scientist Claudius Ptolemy (c. 90 – 168) is one of the most famous cartographers in the world, although none of his maps has been preserved, they were burned
Chuhuiv Old Maps and Military Topography
Chuhuiv (Chuguev) is a small city in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine. Its population is only about 32,5 thousand people, but it has a strong tradition in cartography and topography. I
Catal Huyuk Ancient Map
Catal Huyuk (Çatalhöyük) was an ancient city in the southern part of Anatolia (Turkey). In 1963 the archeologists had found a neolithic wall painting, that looks like a plan of
Ancient Cartography of Archaeological Age
In 1965 the Ukrainian archeological expedition discovered one of the world’s oldest cartographic finds of mankind. This is a picture of terrain on a fragment of a mammoth tusk. It