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Place Otaq-i Farhad/Surkhadeh by A. Hausleiter — last modified Nov 20, 2022 07:50 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 92 C2 Otaq-i Farhad/Surkhadeh
Place Othoca by S.L. Dyson — last modified Dec 18, 2023 08:29 PM
The site of a Phoenician port on the Gulf of Oristano in western Sardinia.
Place Pantanello necropolis by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Jul 16, 2021 02:13 PM
Burial ground located 3.5 km west of Metaponto containing tombs dated from 600-280 BCE.
Place Parapotamos by W.M. Murray — last modified Oct 12, 2023 12:18 PM
A tumulus/tell and associated necropolis in Epirus (Greece), with burials dating from the Hellenistic through post-Byzantine times.
Place Pathyris/Aphroditopolis (settlement) by T. Wilfong — last modified Apr 25, 2024 10:50 PM
Pathyris/Aphroditopolis is known especially for its necropolis where material ranges in date from the Predynastic Period to the Middle Kingdom. In the 160s BC Ptolemy VI Philometor established a military outpost at the site that was destroyed in the first century BC.
Place Per-Ptah by S.M. Burstein — last modified Dec 16, 2023 07:44 PM
The site of Per-Ptah, meaning "House of Ptah", lies some 90 km south of Aswan and received a temple dedicated to pharaoh Ramesses II. Some of the architectural and sculptural remains of the temple were dismantled and relocated to the site of New Kalabsha in the 1960s during the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
Place Pian del Vescovo by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Feb 29, 2024 11:54 AM
The Pian del Vescovo is the western necropolis of Blera and perhaps the most extensive. A variety of tomb types dating to the seventh and sixth centuries BCE are attested.
Place Pian della Conserva by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 04, 2021 04:51 PM
An Etruscan necropolis located 5 km from Tolfa with tombs stretching from the Orientalizing period to the later Hellenistic.
Place Pieve di Cadore by H. Bender — last modified Feb 11, 2014 11:15 AM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 19 E3 Pieve di Cadore
Place Poggio Buco by W.V. Harris — last modified Nov 30, 2023 11:55 AM
Poggio Buco was a pre-Roman site located in the valley of the Fiora river. Its archaeological remains include those of a circuit wall and a necropolis. The archaeological site is located ca. 9 km west of Pitigliano.
Place Ponte Rotto necropolis by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jun 11, 2020 02:55 PM
The Ponte Rotto necropolis is associated with the Etruscan city of Vulci.
Place Pontic rock-cut tombs by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Feb 13, 2020 02:46 PM
A number of monumental, rupestral tombs at ancient Amaseia (modern Amasya in Turkey) among which 5 large ones are mentioned by Strabo and attributed to the kings. Mount Harşena and the Rock-tombs of the Pontic Kings were submitted to the Tentative World Heritage Lists in 2005 by the Permanent Delegation of Turkey to UNESCO.
Place Portone necropolis at Volaterrae by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 23, 2020 11:24 AM
The so-called Portone necropolis is a major Hellenistic necropolis outside the walls of Volaterrae.
Place Post-Archaic necropolis at Poggio dei Cavallari by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 27, 2024 01:47 PM
A necropolis located along a road that once led to the Mater Matuta sanctuary composed of approximately 50 tombs.
Place Prinias (Patela) by J. Bennet — last modified Oct 06, 2023 05:01 PM
An Iron Age settlement on the Patela plateau north of the modern village of Prinias; its ancient name is uncertain. The site is notable for its occupation from the end of the Bronze Age through to the Archaic period, as well as for the monumental architecture and Orientalizing sculpture of its Buildings ('Temples') A and B.
Place Quartucciu by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 04, 2021 04:47 PM
The archaeological site of Pill'è Matta preserves remains of a Punic-Roman necropolis in use from the fourth century B.C. until the fifth century A.D.
Place Ravansar by A. Hausleiter — last modified Sep 22, 2023 10:10 AM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 92 B2 Ravansar
Place Roccadaspide by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Dec 04, 2023 10:12 AM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 45 B4 Roccadaspide
Place Royal Tombs of Vergina by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Apr 22, 2024 03:01 PM
The Macedonian royal necropolis at Vergina.
Place Saft el-Gharbiya by R. Müller Wollermann — last modified Oct 20, 2012 04:26 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 75 D4 Saft el-Gharbiya