34,320 Ancient Places Credits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mosaique_du_Nil_(palais_Barberini).JPG
26,674 Ancient Names Credits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coptic_liturgic_inscription.JPG
35,459 Ancient Locations Credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/isawnyu/4727178977/in/set-72157624340575014/

About Pleiades

Pleiades gives scholars, students, and enthusiasts worldwide the ability to use, create, and share historical geographic information about the ancient world in digital form. At present, Pleiades has extensive coverage for the Greek and Roman world, and is beginning to expand into Ancient Near Eastern, Byzantine, Celtic, and Early Medieval geography.

The most recently modified resources are shown in the map at left.

Senior Editors: Roger Bagnall and Richard Talbert

Managing Editors: Tom Elliott and Jeffrey Becker

Associate Editors: Michael McCormick and Brian Turner

Chief Engineer: Sean Gillies

Pleiades is a joint project of the Ancient World Mapping Center, the Stoa Consortium, and the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. It is supported by its institutional partners and by the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities. For a listing of contributors, please see the credits.

To join, see Welcome to Pleiades.