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‘Isumbo’/Patansana/Zombis — by M. Roaf — last modified Jun 18, 2023 09:50 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 E1 ‘Isumbo’/Patansana/Zombis

[Qirmisin]/[Kermanshahan] — by A. Hausleiter — last modified May 31, 2023 08:33 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 92 C2 [Qirmisin]/[Kermanshahan]

[Samarra]/‘Sumere’ — by M. Roaf — last modified Dec 29, 2023 11:40 AM

Site of a powerful Islamic capital that controlled the provinces of the Abbasid Empire extending from Tunisia to Central Asia for a century. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007.

[Terqa]/Asicha? — by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 12, 2024 10:24 AM

[Terqa]/Asicha? was an ancient city located at the site of Tell Ashara on the banks of the Euphrates river.

Anatho — by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 11, 2024 05:36 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 91 C3 Anatho

Ashqelon/Ascalon — by B. Isaac — last modified Feb 06, 2024 01:51 PM

Ashqelon/Ascalon was an ancient city in coastal Palestine, located midway between Azotus and Gaza. It became independent in 104 B.C. and remained the only free city in Palestine. Strabo refers to it, while Pliny calls it a free city (oppidum libera).

Atyochorion — by T. Drew Bear — last modified Feb 02, 2021 06:22 PM

An ancient settlement in Phrygia on the Maeander river that was known to have sanctuaries dedicated to Apollo Lairmenos and to Zeus Trossou. It was probably located at or near modern Akkent in Çal, Turkey.

Başbulak — by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 30, 2023 06:18 PM

Başbulak/Bulakbaşı/Kanî Kewang is situated near Taşburun in the Kars province in eastern Turkey. Here a stone block with an inscription of the Urartian king Minua (9th / 8th century BCE) was found, in which he claims to have built the building to which the stone block belonged. Furthermore, Minua states that he has built a fortress at this place and given it the name "Minuahinili". In Roman times, the locality was known as Paracata.

Cymiza/*Balaleisa/‘Balouos’ — by M. Roaf — last modified Mar 14, 2023 09:37 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 E2 Cymiza/*Balaleisa/‘Balouos’

Heroonpolis — by A. Bernand — last modified Jan 05, 2024 11:21 AM

Heroonpolis, located at Tell el-Maskhuta, was an ancient Egyptian city of the Nile Delta.

Ierusalem/Hierosolyma/Col. Aelia Capitolina — by B. Isaac — last modified Dec 23, 2023 01:49 PM

The city of Jerusalem.

Leukos Limen — by J.P. Brown — last modified Jan 11, 2024 10:25 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 68 A2 Leukos Limen

Marde/Margdis — by M. Roaf — last modified Jun 13, 2023 11:30 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 C3 Marde/Margdis

Mazaka/Eusebeia/Caesarea — by T.B. Mitford — last modified May 31, 2023 03:43 PM

Mazaka/Eusebeia/Caesarea was the chief town of Cappadocia, modern Kayseri.

Mound at Banāt al-Hassan (Adams 131) — by Carolin Johansson — last modified Feb 01, 2023 05:56 PM

Part of a group of mounds in central Mesopotamia, this settlement (number 131 in Adams 1972) contained remains dated to the Early Dynastic I-Old Babylonian periods (chiefly Ur III-Larsa). The site also contains a number of burials from the Parthian period, fragments of Sasanian pottery, and the remains of an Early Islamic structure.

Nemavand/Laodicea/Niphaunda — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Jun 16, 2023 11:48 AM

Nemavand/Laodicea/Niphaunda was an ancient city in Media founded by Darius the Great.

Phakoussa — by A. Bernand — last modified Apr 12, 2023 05:55 PM

The modern city of Faqous in the southeastern portion of the Nile delta is thought to have been built atop an ancient city known to the Greeks as Phakoussa. Strabo identifies it as the terminus of an ancient canal connecting to the Red Sea.

Samaria/Sebaste — by E.M. Meyers — last modified Jan 04, 2024 11:41 AM

Samaria/Sebaste was an ancient city of Iudaea. In 30 B.C. it passed under the control of Herod the Great and was renamed Sebaste in honor of the emperor Augustus.

Sardis-Thyateira Road — by C. Foss — last modified Dec 01, 2020 10:53 AM

An ancient road connecting Sardis and Thyateira.

Scythopolis/Nysa — by E.M. Meyers — last modified Mar 09, 2024 06:06 PM

A settlement located at the juncture of the Jordan and Jezreel valleys, Scythopolis/Nysa had important Egyptian through Roman phases.