#ancientgeography — Public Fediverse posts

Last week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (20-27 July 2026): Over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college published 17 new and 169 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Ethan Gruber, Greta Hawes, Sebastian Heath, Daniel C. Browning Jr., Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, Andy Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Louis Mulot, Jamie Novotny, Chiara Palladino, Karen Rubinson, Joe Scholten, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, and René Voorburg, as well as contributors to Wikidata.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-20-27-july-2026

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Last week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (20-27 July 2026): Over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college published 17 new and 169 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Ethan Gruber, Greta Hawes, Sebastian Heath, Daniel C. Browning Jr., Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, Andy Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Louis Mulot, Jamie Novotny, Chiara Palladino, Karen Rubinson, Joe Scholten, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, and René Voorburg, as well as contributors to Wikidata.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-20-27-july-2026

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 6 new and 97 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 18 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at a subset of the new material! New contributor Joe Scholten has been building out place records for the major features of the archaeological site of Thermon in Aetolia (Greece): https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/541139

He's given us entirely new entries for the Bouleuterion, Central Spring House, circuit wall, and major excavated stoas, as well as updated bibliography and connections for other components already in the gazetteer.

On the place page for Thermon, scroll down to "Thermon receives connections from" and then use the links there to see the detailed work he's done (or just click on the green "bowtie" icons in the map).

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 6 new and 97 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 18 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at a subset of the new material! New contributor Joe Scholten has been building out place records for the major features of the archaeological site of Thermon in Aetolia (Greece): https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/541139

He's given us entirely new entries for the Bouleuterion, Central Spring House, circuit wall, and major excavated stoas, as well as updated bibliography and connections for other components already in the gazetteer.

On the place page for Thermon, scroll down to "Thermon receives connections from" and then use the links there to see the detailed work he's done (or just click on the green "bowtie" icons in the map).

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Last week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (13-20 July 2026): Over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college published 24 new and 232 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Dan Diffendale, Anthony Durham, Tom Elliott, Ethan Gruber, Maxime Guénette, Wells Hansen, Greta Hawes, Sebastian Heath, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Andy Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Louis Mulot, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, and René Voorburg, as well as contributors to the following projects: Heritage Gazetteer of Libya, Trismegistos, Wikidata, and the World Historical Gazetteer.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-13-20-july-2026

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Last week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (13-20 July 2026): Over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college published 24 new and 232 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Dan Diffendale, Anthony Durham, Tom Elliott, Ethan Gruber, Maxime Guénette, Wells Hansen, Greta Hawes, Sebastian Heath, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Andy Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Louis Mulot, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, and René Voorburg, as well as contributors to the following projects: Heritage Gazetteer of Libya, Trismegistos, Wikidata, and the World Historical Gazetteer.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-13-20-july-2026

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 20 new and 185 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 23 individuals and external projects. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at several new place resources corresponding to major monuments at the site of Sabratha in modern Libya. Sabratha was the westernmost of the "three cities" of Tripolis, founded ca. 500 B.C. by the Phoenicians. The city was part of the Numidian Kingdom of Massinissa before becoming a Roman city. The green bowtie symbols mark structures/sites at or near Sabratha, among which you'll find three Jeff Becker just contributed: the Baths of Oceanus, the Roman theater, and the Temple of Isis.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344282

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 20 new and 185 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 23 individuals and external projects. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at several new place resources corresponding to major monuments at the site of Sabratha in modern Libya. Sabratha was the westernmost of the "three cities" of Tripolis, founded ca. 500 B.C. by the Phoenicians. The city was part of the Numidian Kingdom of Massinissa before becoming a Roman city. The green bowtie symbols mark structures/sites at or near Sabratha, among which you'll find three Jeff Becker just contributed: the Baths of Oceanus, the Roman theater, and the Temple of Isis.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344282

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The #PleiadesGazetteer changelog for June 2026 has been posted. Over the course of the month, the Pleiades editorial college published 59 new and 961 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Ethan Gruber, Wells Hansen, Greta Hawes, Sebastian Heath, Ryan M. Horne, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, Andy Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Louis Mulot, Eric Poehler, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, René Voorburg, and contributors to Trismegistos, Wikidata, and the World Historical Gazetteer.

The changelog for June 2026 is available at https://atlantides.org/changelogs/2026/06/.

All prior annual and monthly change logs (since 2009) may be browsed at https://atlantides.org/changelogs/.

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The #PleiadesGazetteer changelog for June 2026 has been posted. Over the course of the month, the Pleiades editorial college published 59 new and 961 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Ethan Gruber, Wells Hansen, Greta Hawes, Sebastian Heath, Ryan M. Horne, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, Andy Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Louis Mulot, Eric Poehler, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, René Voorburg, and contributors to Trismegistos, Wikidata, and the World Historical Gazetteer.

The changelog for June 2026 is available at https://atlantides.org/changelogs/2026/06/.

All prior annual and monthly change logs (since 2009) may be browsed at https://atlantides.org/changelogs/.

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Last week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (6-13 July 2026): Over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college published 24 new and 197 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Sebastian Heath, Brady Kiesling, Andy Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Louis Mulot, Joe Scholten, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, René Voorburg, and contributors to Wikidata.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-6-13-july-2026

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Last week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (6-13 July 2026): Over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college published 24 new and 197 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Sebastian Heath, Brady Kiesling, Andy Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Louis Mulot, Joe Scholten, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, René Voorburg, and contributors to Wikidata.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-6-13-july-2026

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 16 new and 92 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 16 individuals and external projects. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at a new place resource provided by Jeffery Becker: fons Bandusiae. The Latin poet Horace addresses one of his odes to this "Spring of Bandusium". Its precise location remains a matter of discussion.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/35868451

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 16 new and 92 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 16 individuals and external projects. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at a new place resource provided by Jeffery Becker: fons Bandusiae. The Latin poet Horace addresses one of his odes to this "Spring of Bandusium". Its precise location remains a matter of discussion.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/35868451

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Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (29 June - 6 July 2026): Over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college published 12 new and 179 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Ethan Gruber, Wells Hansen, Greta Hawes, Sebastian Heath, Brady Kiesling, Andy Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Louis Mulot, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, and René Voorburg as well as contributors and editors of Trismegistos, Wikidata, and the World Historical Gazetteer.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-29-june-6-july-2026

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Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (29 June - 6 July 2026): Over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college published 12 new and 179 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Ethan Gruber, Wells Hansen, Greta Hawes, Sebastian Heath, Brady Kiesling, Andy Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Louis Mulot, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, and René Voorburg as well as contributors and editors of Trismegistos, Wikidata, and the World Historical Gazetteer.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-29-june-6-july-2026

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 10 new and 103 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 18 individuals and external projects. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at a new place resource, provided by Anika Campbell with contributions from R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Brady Kiesling: an ancient sanctuary to Despoina located at Lykosoura, in Arcadia.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29727643

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 10 new and 103 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 18 individuals and external projects. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at a new place resource, provided by Anika Campbell with contributions from R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Brady Kiesling: an ancient sanctuary to Despoina located at Lykosoura, in Arcadia.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29727643

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Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (22-29 June 2026): Over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college published 22 new and 287 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Ethan Gruber, Greta Hawes, Sebastian Heath, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel Mckee, Andy Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Eric Poehler, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, and René Voorburg.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-22-29-june-2026

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Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (22-29 June 2026): Over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college published 22 new and 287 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Ethan Gruber, Greta Hawes, Sebastian Heath, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel Mckee, Andy Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Eric Poehler, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, and René Voorburg.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-22-29-june-2026

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 18 new and 192 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 15 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at a new place resource, provided by Gabriel McKee: the so-called "Lchashen fortress". This Urartian fortified structure is located near the modern town of Lchashen near Lake Van. It was inhabited during the late Bronze through Iron Age (16th-13th centuries BCE).

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/952673383

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 18 new and 192 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 15 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at a new place resource, provided by Gabriel McKee: the so-called "Lchashen fortress". This Urartian fortified structure is located near the modern town of Lchashen near Lake Van. It was inhabited during the late Bronze through Iron Age (16th-13th centuries BCE).

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/952673383

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Last Two Weeks in the #PleiadesGazetteer (8-22 June 2026): Over the course of the last two weeks the Pleiades editorial college published 17 new and 467 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Wells Hansen, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, and R. Scott Smith.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-two-weeks-in-pleiades-8-22-june-2026

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Last Two Weeks in the #PleiadesGazetteer (8-22 June 2026): Over the course of the last two weeks the Pleiades editorial college published 17 new and 467 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Wells Hansen, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, and R. Scott Smith.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-two-weeks-in-pleiades-8-22-june-2026

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 2 new and 123 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 8 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at one of the updated place resources, modern Psara island in the Aegean: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550846

The update: first-time contributor Wells Hansen has added the Homeric "Ψυρίη" (from the Odyssey; we link to the Allen edition in the Perseus digital library) where the record only previously had "Ψύρα", a variant witnessed by Strabo.

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 2 new and 123 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 8 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at one of the updated place resources, modern Psara island in the Aegean: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550846

The update: first-time contributor Wells Hansen has added the Homeric "Ψυρίη" (from the Odyssey; we link to the Allen edition in the Perseus digital library) where the record only previously had "Ψύρα", a variant witnessed by Strabo.

#ancientGeography #ancientHistory #archaeology #classics #DH #gazetteers #HGIS

Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazettteer editorial college has published 9 new and 153 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 7 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at one of the updated place resources, Corsica/Kyrnos (island): https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/472063

This Pleiades record was originally created by importing data from Barrington Atlas Map 48 "Sardinia-Corsica", which was compiled in 1995 by Stephen L. Dyson. Twelve of the records he originated have been updated so far this week alone. Jeffrey Becker updated this one to include the specific name of the island found on the Peutinger Map (INS. CORSICA) and added a reference to C. Hülsen's still-valuable article in RE. In all, 258 Pleiades place resources derive from Dyson's work on BAtlas. Prof. Dyson passed away on May 31, 2026, at the age of 88.

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazettteer editorial college has published 9 new and 153 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 7 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at one of the updated place resources, Corsica/Kyrnos (island): https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/472063

This Pleiades record was originally created by importing data from Barrington Atlas Map 48 "Sardinia-Corsica", which was compiled in 1995 by Stephen L. Dyson. Twelve of the records he originated have been updated so far this week alone. Jeffrey Becker updated this one to include the specific name of the island found on the Peutinger Map (INS. CORSICA) and added a reference to C. Hülsen's still-valuable article in RE. In all, 258 Pleiades place resources derive from Dyson's work on BAtlas. Prof. Dyson passed away on May 31, 2026, at the age of 88.

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Vici.org via the #PleiadesGazetteer Linked Data Sidebar: The Pleiades Linked Data Sidebar code is now parsing Pleiades links from René Voorburg's. Vici.org: Archaeological Atlas of Antiquity. 2012-. As of today's first pass at the data provided by René, 5,327 unique Pleiades place resources now display inbound Vici.org links in their sidebars.

More info on the blog: https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/vici-org-via-the-pleiades-linked-data-sidebar

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Vici.org via the #PleiadesGazetteer Linked Data Sidebar: The Pleiades Linked Data Sidebar code is now parsing Pleiades links from René Voorburg's. Vici.org: Archaeological Atlas of Antiquity. 2012-. As of today's first pass at the data provided by René, 5,327 unique Pleiades place resources now display inbound Vici.org links in their sidebars.

More info on the blog: https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/vici-org-via-the-pleiades-linked-data-sidebar

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Last week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (1-8 June 2026): Over the past week the Pleiades editorial college published 14 new and 214 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Ryan M. Horne, Brady Kiesling, and R. Scott Smith.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-1-8-june-2026

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Last week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (1-8 June 2026): Over the past week the Pleiades editorial college published 14 new and 214 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Ryan M. Horne, Brady Kiesling, and R. Scott Smith.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-1-8-june-2026

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Since Monday, 1 June 2026 the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 8 new and 142 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 8 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full preceding two weeks' worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at a new place resource with an unusual path into Pleiades. Jeffrey Becker ( @serviliusahala ) noticed a short prose discussion in the "Introduction" to Barrington Atlas Map 46 ("Bruttii") in the first volume of the BAtlas Directory: "Lenormant (1881 II, 15) records traces of ancient silver workings at Verzino on a tributary of the R. Neto six miles north‑west of Zinga ..." but no corresponding entry in the associated "Names" table. Because of that omission, no corresponding entry in Pleiades was created during the original programmatic ingest. Jeff has filled the gap, crediting the original compilers: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/636943626

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Since Monday, 1 June 2026 the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 8 new and 142 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 8 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full preceding two weeks' worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at a new place resource with an unusual path into Pleiades. Jeffrey Becker ( @serviliusahala ) noticed a short prose discussion in the "Introduction" to Barrington Atlas Map 46 ("Bruttii") in the first volume of the BAtlas Directory: "Lenormant (1881 II, 15) records traces of ancient silver workings at Verzino on a tributary of the R. Neto six miles north‑west of Zinga ..." but no corresponding entry in the associated "Names" table. Because of that omission, no corresponding entry in Pleiades was created during the original programmatic ingest. Jeff has filled the gap, crediting the original compilers: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/636943626

#ancientGeography #ancientHistory #archaeology #classics #DH #gazetteers #HGIS

Last week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (11 May - 1 June 2026): Over the past three weeks the Pleiades editorial college published 51 new and 593 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Birgit Christiansen, Tom Elliott, Jordy Didier Orellana Figueroa, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Carolin Johansson, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel Mckee, John Muccigrosso, Thomas Seidler, R. Scott Smith, Nicolas Souchon and Enes Yılandiloğlu.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-three-weeks-in-pleiades-11-may-1-june-2026

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Last week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (11 May - 1 June 2026): Over the past three weeks the Pleiades editorial college published 51 new and 593 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Birgit Christiansen, Tom Elliott, Jordy Didier Orellana Figueroa, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Carolin Johansson, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel Mckee, John Muccigrosso, Thomas Seidler, R. Scott Smith, Nicolas Souchon and Enes Yılandiloğlu.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-three-weeks-in-pleiades-11-may-1-june-2026

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Since Monday, 11 May 2026, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 51 new and 442 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 13 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full preceding two weeks' worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at a new place resource for modern Kocapınar in Turkey's Van province, authored by Birgit Christiansen in collaboration with Thomas Seidler, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott. At Kocapınar (known as Hagi/Aği until officially renamed in 1959) a stela with an inscription of the Urartian king Argišti II, son of Rusa (8th / 7th century BCE) was found which reports the creation of an artificial lake in front of Mount Quria.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/742516213

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Since Monday, 11 May 2026, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 51 new and 442 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 13 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full preceding two weeks' worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at a new place resource for modern Kocapınar in Turkey's Van province, authored by Birgit Christiansen in collaboration with Thomas Seidler, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott. At Kocapınar (known as Hagi/Aği until officially renamed in 1959) a stela with an inscription of the Urartian king Argišti II, son of Rusa (8th / 7th century BCE) was found which reports the creation of an artificial lake in front of Mount Quria.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/742516213

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college published 15 new and 81 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 8 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize a full week's worth of such work, but meantime here's a #SneakPeek at 11 place resources for bath/spa facilities, together with associated features like villas, pools, and springs: https://pleiades.stoa.org/search?getFeatureType%3Alist=bath&getFeatureType%3Alist=spring&getFeatureType%3Alist=swimming-pool&modified%3Alist%3Adate=2026%2F05%2F07&modified_usage=range%3Amin&portal_type%3Alist=Place&review_state%3Alist=published

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college published 15 new and 81 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 8 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize a full week's worth of such work, but meantime here's a #SneakPeek at 11 place resources for bath/spa facilities, together with associated features like villas, pools, and springs: https://pleiades.stoa.org/search?getFeatureType%3Alist=bath&getFeatureType%3Alist=spring&getFeatureType%3Alist=swimming-pool&modified%3Alist%3Adate=2026%2F05%2F07&modified_usage=range%3Amin&portal_type%3Alist=Place&review_state%3Alist=published

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The Ancient World Mapping Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has refurbished and relaunched their digital map of places mentioned by Hierokles.

https://awmc.unc.edu/maps-for-texts-series/#Hierokles

Over on BlueSky, AWMC Director Gabriel Moss announces:

> Exciting news for folks interested in #LateAntiquity and GIS. AWMC's map of Hierokles' Synekdemos (offline since 2023) has now been refurbished and relaunched. Special thanks to Grace Bell for *lots* of heavy lifting on this project.

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The Ancient World Mapping Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has refurbished and relaunched their digital map of places mentioned by Hierokles.

https://awmc.unc.edu/maps-for-texts-series/#Hierokles

Over on BlueSky, AWMC Director Gabriel Moss announces:

> Exciting news for folks interested in #LateAntiquity and GIS. AWMC's map of Hierokles' Synekdemos (offline since 2023) has now been refurbished and relaunched. Special thanks to Grace Bell for *lots* of heavy lifting on this project.

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Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (4-11 May 2026): Over the past week the Pleiades editorial college published 20 new and 118 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Daniel C. Browning Jr., Noah Kaye, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel Mckee, R. Scott Smith and Enes Yılandiloğlu.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-4-11-may-2026

#ancientGeography #ancientHistory #archaeology #classics #DH #gazetteers #HGIS

Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (4-11 May 2026): Over the past week the Pleiades editorial college published 20 new and 118 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Daniel C. Browning Jr., Noah Kaye, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel Mckee, R. Scott Smith and Enes Yılandiloğlu.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-4-11-may-2026

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college published 12 new and 20 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 7 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize a full week's worth of such work, but meantime here's a #SneakPeek at one of the new ones. Authored by Gabriel McKee (@SecretTerror), we now have a place for the Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of Avan, the oldest surviving church structure within the boundaries of modern Yerevan, constructed in the late 6th century CE: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/375489070

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college published 12 new and 20 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 7 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize a full week's worth of such work, but meantime here's a #SneakPeek at one of the new ones. Authored by Gabriel McKee (@SecretTerror), we now have a place for the Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of Avan, the oldest surviving church structure within the boundaries of modern Yerevan, constructed in the late 6th century CE: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/375489070

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"Catching up with the daughters of Atlas". #PleiadesGazetteer managing editor Tom Elliott delivered this paper in the Presidential Panel of the Association of Ancient Historians Annual Meeting 2026 in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, 16 April 2026: https://pleiades.stoa.org/docs/papers-and-presentations/conference-paper-catching-up-with-the-daughters-of-atlas-2026-1/conference-paper-catching-up-with-the-daughters-of-atlas-2026

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"Catching up with the daughters of Atlas". #PleiadesGazetteer managing editor Tom Elliott delivered this paper in the Presidential Panel of the Association of Ancient Historians Annual Meeting 2026 in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, 16 April 2026: https://pleiades.stoa.org/docs/papers-and-presentations/conference-paper-catching-up-with-the-daughters-of-atlas-2026-1/conference-paper-catching-up-with-the-daughters-of-atlas-2026

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