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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 Jun 10, 2024 02:58 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.

Peştiş II — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Oct 17, 2024 03:59 PM

Find-spot of a hoard of Roman coins (apparently buried in the 1st century BCE) near the modern town of Peştiş, Romania.

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.

Roman shipwreck at Cape Glavat — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Jun 10, 2024 02:59 PM

Roman-era shipwreck near Cape Glavat on the island of Mljet/Milete.

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 Nov 04, 2024 09:09 AM

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

Sepphoris/Diocaesarea — by E.M. Meyers — last modified Jan 04, 2024 11:50 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 69 B4 Sepphoris/Diocaesarea

Serapieion — by A. Bernand — last modified Jan 03, 2024 02:02 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 74 G4 Serapieion

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

Stony Stratford — by Scott Vanderbilt — last modified Mar 03, 2023 08:18 PM

Findspot of the Stony Stratford Hoard, an urn discovered in 1789 containing three fibulae, two headdresses, and approximately 30 decorated silver and gilt bronze plaques, among which were three dedications to Jupiter, Vulcan, and Mars (RIB 215, 216, and 217).

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tell al-Hawa — by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 11, 2024 05:18 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 E4 Tell al-Hawa

Tell Hamidi/[Ta'idu]? — by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 05, 2024 12:08 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 D4 Tell Hamidi/[Ta'idu]?