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Mergane — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified Aug 20, 2012 02:01 PM

An ancient settlement, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today

Mernouphyta — by C. Foss — last modified Mar 13, 2024 11:59 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 unlocated Mernouphyta

Meroe — by N.B. Millet — last modified May 10, 2024 10:21 PM

Meroë is an ancient city located on the east bank of the Nile river near Shendi, Sudan. The city was a center of the kingdom of Kush.

Mersa Madakh — by T.W. Potter — last modified Sep 23, 2023 02:24 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 29 D1 Mersa Madakh

Mersin-Yumuktepe — by S. Mitchell — last modified Jun 29, 2022 09:06 AM

A tell known today as "Yumuktepe" is located at modern Mersin in Turkey. Excavations there, beginning in the 20th century, have provided evidence for continuous and/or successive human settlement beginning in the Neolithic period. Scholars believe that the names "Ingirâ" (found in Akkadian sources) and "Anchiale(ia)" (found in Greco-Roman sources) are to be associated with the site.

Mertvyy Redant — by David Braund — last modified Oct 20, 2012 05:39 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 84 D2 Mertvyy Redant

Mesagne — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Apr 13, 2019 04:41 PM

A center of the Messapii in Apulia.

Mesambria — by E.N. Borza — last modified Jun 07, 2018 08:17 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 F3 Mesambria

Meschistha — by David Braund — last modified Aug 31, 2024 10:28 AM

Meschistha (modern Mtskheta (Georgian: მცხეთა)) is an ancient city in Georgia and was the capital of the Hellenistic kingdom of Iberia. Meschistha became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.

Mesembria — by A.G. Poulter — last modified Jul 28, 2023 05:10 PM

Originally a Thracian site known as Menebria, Mesembria was subsequently settled by Dorian Greeks in the early sixth century BC, eventually becoming an important trading colony on the Black Sea coast (modern Nesebar, Bulgaria). Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.

Mesokhora — by W.M. Murray — last modified Oct 20, 2012 06:11 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 54 D3 Mesokhora

Messa — by G. Reger — last modified Apr 24, 2024 10:43 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 C4 Messa

Messene — by G. Reger — last modified Jun 05, 2023 08:57 AM

Capital of Messenia

Mesthbon — by J. Keenan — last modified Aug 20, 2012 02:02 PM

An ancient settlement, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today

Mesua — by S. Loseby — last modified Nov 11, 2023 06:11 PM

A Pre-Roman settlement located north of the Étang de Thau.

Metalla — by S.L. Dyson — last modified Feb 17, 2021 02:50 PM

A Roman mining center located in the Iglesiente region of Sardinia. The Roman settlement succeeded an earlier nuragic village.

Metallum Vipascense — by Jr. — last modified May 04, 2019 09:58 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 26 B4 Metallum Vipascense

Metapa — by J. Fossey — last modified Feb 25, 2024 04:28 PM

According to Polybius, this ancient settlement of Aetolia was razed by Philip of Macedon. Stephanus of Byzantium places Metapa in Acarnania. Pritchett (SAGT) meticulously describes the vicinity and identifies the site of Metapa based on ancient stone blocks in conditions of reuse and abandonment, as well as plentiful ceramic sherds in the vicinity of an older and modern church of the Analipsis on the lake shore just east of the modern village of Daphnias.

Metapontum — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Jan 24, 2021 01:38 PM

An important city of Magna Graecia, Metapontum was located on the Gulf of Tarentum. The Achaeans were responsible for its foundation, perhaps as early as the eighth century B.C.

Meteiras — by D. Rupp — last modified Aug 20, 2012 02:01 PM

An ancient settlement, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today