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Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (19-26 October 2026): over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college published 71 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Eleftheria Konstantinidou and Gabriel Mckee.

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-19-26-october-2026

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Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (12-19 October 2026): over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college published 18 new and 306 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Fabio Carminati, Damian Noah Dimitrov, Tom Elliott, Ethan Gruber, Greta Hawes, Sebastian Heath, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Eric Poehler, R. Scott Smith, Scott Vanderbilt 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-12-19-october-2026

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Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (5-12 October 2026): over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college published 11 new and 136 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Damian Noah Dimitrov, Tom Elliott, 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-week-in-pleiades-5-12-october-2026

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Free, three-part "Getting Started" #PleiadesGazetteer online workshop now taking registrations for November 2026. Details via the events page for the first of the three sessions: https://pleiades.stoa.org/events/getting-started-workshop-1-finding-and-using-november-2026

This is a linked, three-part series designed to get new participants acquainted with policies and trained in processes for using, modifying, and creating new content in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places. Previously trained individuals seeking a refresher course are also welcome to participate. There are no prerequisites for this free online training workshop other than interest and internet access, but registration in advance is required.

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Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (28 September - 5 October 2026): over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college published 10 new and 98 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Fabio Carminati, Damian Noah Dimitrov, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, 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-week-in-pleiades-28-september-5-october-2026

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Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (21-28 September 2026): over the course of the previous week the Pleiades editorial college published 11 new and 152 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Damian Noah Dimitrov, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Eleftheria Konstantinidou, Gabriel Mckee, Chiara Palladino, 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-21-28-september-2026

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Last Week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (14-22 September 2026): over the course of the past week the Pleiades editorial college published 11 new and 119 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Anne Chen, Damian Noah Dimitrov, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel Mckee, Chiara Palladino 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-14-22-september-2026

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New: Elizabeth Robinson's chapter in the third volume of Teaching and Learning Classics at the University Level (2026) addresses the importance of studying ancient topography and physical landscapes, introduces skills and tools associated with ancient geography and digital mapping, and suggests engaging with research projects beyond the classroom, including Pleiades and other digital cartography projects. Example projects shared by colleagues (including a number of other #PleiadesGazetteer contributors) are presented.

Robinson, Elizabeth C. “Teaching and Learning Ancient Topography and Landscapes.” Pages 217-249 in Teaching and Learning Classics at the University Level, vol. 3, edited by Alberto Regagliolo. Vernon Press, 2026. https://vernonpress.com/book/2562.

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Last Two Weeks in the #PleiadesGazetteer (31 August - 14 September 2026): Over the course of the last two weeks, the Pleiades editorial college published 37 new and 197 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Anne Chen, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Wells Hansen, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Eleftheria Konstantinidou, Chris de Lisle, Chiara Palladino, Adam Rabinowitz, R. Scott Smith and Richard Talbert.

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 #PleiadesGazetteer blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-two-weeks-in-pleiades-31-august-14-september-2026

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The #PleiadesGazetteer is discussed in three chapters of the new Oxford Handbook of Digital Classical Studies, edited by Elton Barker, Olympia Bobou: Sarah Bond on "Digital Maps and Mapping", Catherine Bouras on "Digital Gazetteers" and Stuart Dunn on "Place".

Details on the blog: https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/pleiades-in-the-oxford-handbook-of-digital-classical-studies

The #PleiadesGazetteer is among the data sources cited in a new paper that "analyze[s] monetary circulation across the Roman world":

Haddad, Eduardo A., and Inacio Araujo. “Economic Footprints: Mapping Coin Circulation and Economic Networks in Ancient Rome.” Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, ahead of print, June 9, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-07815-7.

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And their names: ΣΜΑΡΑΓΔΙN (Emerald) 🐈and ΩΚΕΑΝΟC (Ocean)! 🐕🐾🏛️

Details from a 1,800-year-old mosaic discovered in Adramyttium (Αδραμύττιοv/ Edremit‎‎/ https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550403) bring to light precious insights into the life of its different inhabitants and their close connection.

https://hispanatolia.com/en/roman-villa-with-mosaics-discovered-in-the-ruins-of-adramytteion-turkey/

#Art #Archaeology #Antiquity #Mosaics #Animalia #Academic #PleiadesGazetteer #GrecoRoman #Adramyttium #Excavation #Apotropaic #RomanVilla #Mediterranean #Histodons #MuratÖgzen #Hellenistic

🔺️Explore the "Pyramid of Hellinikon" (Πυραμίδα του Ελληνικού), a monument in #Greece, situated along the ancient road to Tegea.
37°35′14″N 22°40′17″E.

Archaeologists have debated its origin and purpose. Although in late antiquity, Pausanias referred to a local "polyandrion"(πολυάνδριον/ collective burial mound), today it is regarded as a fortified watchtower (pyrgion/πυργίον) or a fire-signal tower (fryktoria/φρυκτωρία).

#Architecture #PleiadesGazetteer #Archaeology #Antiquity #pyramid #art

... 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 #PleiadesGazetteer blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-three-weeks-in-pleiades-10-31-august-2026

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Last 3 weeks in the #PleiadesGazetteer (10-31 August 2026): Over the course of the last three weeks, the Pleiades editorial college published 29 new and 263 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Ashley Aguilar, Jeffrey Becker, Isabella Bryant, Ananya Budati, Anika Campbell, Timothy Chavez, Anne Chen, Ian G. Craig, Cayden Dang, Siya Desai, Tom Elliott, Alex Gentry, James Griffin, Maxime Guénette, Wells Hansen, Giacomo Iero, David Jarolimek, Brady Kiesling, Eleftheria Konstantinidou, Chris de Lisle, Matteo Luria, Rex Maurer, Audrey Moore, Holly Moore, Hailey Muir, Evelyn Muskat, Natalie Nickell, Chiara Palladino, Adam Rabinowitz, Cody Robert, Aaron Rogers, Marco Salazar, Zoe Sanchez, Maya Scheffler, Dex Schwartz, Ansley Siemer, Sam Thomas and Philip Towbin, as well as contributors to the Yale Digital Dura-Europos Archive.

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Last week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (3-10 August 2026): Over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college has published 21 new and 183 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, Andy Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Louis Mulot, Adam Prins, 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-3-10-august-2026

Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 12 new and 112 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 18 people and 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 Jeffrey Becker: the Agora of Elis.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/710989469

The Agora of ancient Elis included the Stoa of the Hellanodikai, who served as judges in the games at Olympia.

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Last week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (27 July - 3 August 2026): Over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college published 19 new and 149 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Sarah Bond, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, John Muccigrosso, Louis Mulot, Joe Scholten, R. Scott Smith, and René Voorburg, as well as Wikidata contributors.

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-27-july-3-august-2026

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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 10 new and 63 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 15 people and 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 Chris de Lisle: the so-called "Temple with the indented niches".

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/812787380

It was the main ancient sanctuary at Ai Khanoum (Takhar Province, Afghanistan), built in a mixture of Greek and Mesopotamian styles under the #Seleucids and rebuilt under the #Diodotids in the 240s BCE, again in the early 2rd century BCE and in the reign of Eukratides (ca. 170-140 BCE).

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New in the #PleiadesGazetteer Zotero library: Šešelj 2009 = Lucijana Šešelj, “Promonturium Diomedis: Svetište Na Rtu Ploča i Jadranska Pomorska Trgovina u Helenističkom Razdoblju” (PhD, SVEUČILIŠTE U ZADRU, 2009), https://www.academia.edu/download/29264174/Lucijana_Seselj_PhD_opt.pdf.

Available at: https://www.academia.edu/download/29264174/Lucijana_Seselj_PhD_opt.pdf

Bibliographic record: https://www.zotero.org/groups/2533/items/KYMYTH53

New in the #PleiadesGazetteer Zotero library: Gorges 1982 = J. G. Gorges, “Centuriation et organisation du territoire: notes préliminaires sur l’exemple de Mérida,” in Villes et campagnes dans l’empire romain: Actes du colloque organisé à Aix-en-Provence par l’U.E.R. d’Histoire, les 16 et 17 mai 1980, ed. P. A. Février and P. Leveau (Aix-en-Provence, 1982).

Bibliographic record: https://www.zotero.org/groups/2533/items/RU64FP6I

New in the #PleiadesGazetteer Zotero library: Oller Guzmán 2016 = Joan Oller Guzmán, “La Layetania interior en época augústea: un ejemplo de reordenación territorial en la Hispania Citerior Tarraconense,” Dialogues d’histoire ancienne 42, no. 1 (2016): 137–75, https://doi.org/10.3917/dha.421.0137.

Available at: https://www.persee.fr/doc/dha_0755-7256_2016_num_42_1_4193

Bibliographic record: https://www.zotero.org/groups/2533/items/3ABVBDP9

New in the #PleiadesGazetteer Zotero library: Villicich 2018 = Riccardo Villicich, Il Teatro Di Phoinike, Prima edizione, Archeologia / DISCI, Dipartimento Storia, Culture, Civiltà 23 (Bononia University Press, 2018), https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/11867493?sid=76631404.

Available at: https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/11867493?sid=76631404

Bibliographic record: https://www.zotero.org/groups/2533/items/QCVWUKQM

New in the #PleiadesGazetteer Zotero library: García de La Cruz 2025 = ANTONIO GARCÍA DE LA CRUZ, “POTTERY THROUGH TIME AT TELL SEHMANI (Syria): A Diachronic-Macroscopic Approach of the Ceramic Production.” (Master’s, University of Pavia, 2025), https://unitesi.unipv.it/handle/20.500.14239/30406.

Available at: https://unitesi.unipv.it/handle/20.500.14239/30406

Bibliographic record: https://www.zotero.org/groups/2533/items/2INVD6EV

New in the #PleiadesGazetteer help section: How to add a bibliographic record to Zotero

https://pleiades.stoa.org/help/how-to-add-a-bibliographic-record-to-zotero

We have long had a document that provides step-by-step instructions on adding references to external web pages, books, articles, and other resources to "place", "name", "location", and "connection" resources, but the procedure for adding entirely new work records to our Zotero library has been in flux and undocumented. Thanks to the work of the volunteer "Pleiades References Wranglers", we now have a more stable process and clear documentation.

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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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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