<P> A road map or route map is a map that primarily displays roads and transport links rather than natural geographical information . It is a type of navigational map that commonly includes political boundaries and labels, making it also a type of political map . In addition to roads and boundaries, road maps often include points of interest, such as prominent businesses or buildings, tourism sites, parks and recreational facilities, hotels and restaurants, as well as airports and train stations . A road map may also document non-automotive transit routes, although often these are found only on transit maps . </P> <P> The Turin Papyrus Map is sometimes characterized as the earliest known road map . Drawn around 1160 BC, it depicts routes along dry river beds through a mining region east of Thebes in Ancient Egypt . </P>

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