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Mappa Mundi: the Oldest Map in the World

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6-8 pm | Doors open at 5:30 pm

Join us as the world-renowned historian Dr. Irving Finkel delves into the mysteries of the oldest map in the world. Discover the secrets of ancient cartography and unravel the stories behind this remarkable artifact. Could it possibly contain directions to the location of Noah’s Ark? Post-event book-signing and reception.

Dr. Irving Finkel is a leading expert in philology and Assyriology. Dr. Finkel trained in Assyriology in the Universities of Birmingham and Chicago. He was appointed curator in the Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities (now Middle East), The British Museum (1979), specializing in cuneiform and the history of board games.

Headshot of Dr. Irving Finkel