#ancientmaps — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ancientmaps, aggregated by home.social.
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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