According to IFLScience, the map was discovered by the renowned archaeologist Hormuzd Rassam in the 19th century, along with other artifacts in Sippar in present-day Iraq, about 25 miles southwest ...

At the world's center sits the Euphrates River and the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon. Labels written in cuneiform, an ancient text, note each location on the map, according to The British ...