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Place Sepphoris/Diocaesarea by E.M. Meyers — last modified Jan 04, 2024 11:50 AM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 69 B4 Sepphoris/Diocaesarea
Place Seqindel by S.E. Kroll — last modified Jan 03, 2024 03:52 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 90 B2 Seqindel
Place Serapieion by A. Bernand — last modified Jan 03, 2024 02:02 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 74 G4 Serapieion
Place Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia by E.M. Meyers — last modified Jan 04, 2024 11:56 AM
Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia is an ancient maritime city and Phoenician metropolis
Place Sippar by M. Roaf — last modified Dec 26, 2023 12:27 AM
Sippar (or Zimbir) was an ancient city located on the east bank of the Euphrates river at the site of modern Tell Abu Habbah. In order to avoid confusing this site with its sister city of Sippar-Amnanum (Tell ed-Der), it is sometimes labeled as Sippar-Yahrurum.
Place Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum by A. Hausleiter — last modified Sep 16, 2024 03:32 PM
An ancient city of the Elamite, Persian, and Parthian empires of Iran. Located at modern Shush, Susa was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2015.
Place Takrit/Birta by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 11, 2024 05:20 PM
Ancient Birta (or Birtha) was a fortress on the Tigris river that may have been established by Alexander the Great.
Place Tanis by A. Bernand — last modified Jun 11, 2024 09:29 AM
An important settlement in the eastern Nile delta (modern San el-Hagar), Tanis boasted a massive temple precinct and was the burial site for Egyptian kings of the 21st and 22nd dynasties.
Place Tas-Silġ by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 27, 2023 01:03 PM
A hilltop on Malta that is the locus of multi-period settlement and religious activity from the Neolithic period to late antiquity.
Place Tell al-Hawa by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 11, 2024 05:18 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 E4 Tell al-Hawa
Place Tell Hammam by A. Hausleiter — last modified Jan 11, 2024 05:16 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 93 B2 Tell Hammam
Place Tell Taban/[Tabite]/Thebet(h)a? by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 04, 2024 11:54 AM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 C4 Tell Taban/[Tabite]/Thebet(h)a?
Place Tha'anach by E.M. Meyers — last modified Jan 09, 2024 10:40 PM
Tell site at the northern edge of the Nablus Range inhabited from the Iron Age to the present.
Place Thebai/Thebae by J. Fossey — last modified Feb 29, 2024 09:42 PM
The ancient city of Thebes in Boeotia (modern Greece).
Place Touphion by T. Wilfong — last modified Jan 12, 2024 10:11 AM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 80 B2 Touphion
Place Tulul Khattab by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 11, 2024 05:22 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 91 F4 Tulul Khattab
Place Tyrus/Col. Septimia Severa by E.M. Meyers — last modified Sep 26, 2024 03:24 PM
The ancient city of Tyre (modern es-Sur on the coast of Lebanon). A UNESCO World Heritage Site, in part because of its "important archaeological remains, mainly from Roman times."
Place Ur(i) by A. Hausleiter — last modified Jan 15, 2024 02:17 PM
A major Sumerian city-state founded during the Ubaid period, ca. 3800 B.C. In archaeological terms, Ur is particularly well known for the lavish tombs of its Royal Cemetery, its massive Ziggurat. The site served as the capital of the Ur III dynasty.
Place Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut by A. Hausleiter — last modified Sep 13, 2024 04:38 PM
Uruk was an ancient Sumerian (and later Babylonian) city located on the Euphrates river. At its height (ca. 2900 BC), Uruk's population may have topped 50,000 people and its walls enclosed an area of more than six square kilometers, making it the largest city in the world at that point in time.
Place Veh Ardashir/Coche/Mahoza/‘Seleucia’ by M. Roaf — last modified Sep 20, 2024 12:33 PM
A significant Hellenistic city that served as a capital of both the Seleucid and Parthian empires. The city was founded by Seleucus Nicator.