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Kabul — by M.U. Erdosy — last modified Apr 11, 2023 03:33 PM

Pre-modern settlement at and around the area of modern Kabul, Afghanistan has been known by various names in a variety of languages and periods. Excavations begun in the early twenty-first century have significantly extended scholarly understanding established in the early-to-mid 20th century.

Kallipolis/Anxa — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Aug 19, 2020 02:34 PM

Kallipolis/Anxa in legend was said to have been founded by Idomeneus of Crete, while Pliny the Elder credits Senonian Gauls as founders. It is most likely that the site was a Messapic settlement.

Kallithera — by J. Fossey — last modified Apr 12, 2024 12:24 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 B2 Kallithera

Kastro ano Diakopto — by G. Reger — last modified Mar 27, 2024 02:04 PM

Abundant spolia, artifacts, and building foundations provide evidence for an ancient settlement in the area of modern Kastro ano Diakopto and the church of Ag. Athanasios on the hill above it to the west. It is probably to be identified with ancient Boura, an attested settlement of Achaia.

Klima — by Catherine Bouras — last modified Dec 19, 2023 06:06 PM

Modern settlement and harbour on the North side of the island of Milos, with archaeological remains of the Hellenistic and Roman settlement.

Kotyora — by T. Sinclair — last modified Apr 26, 2021 02:24 PM

An ancient settlement on the Black Sea coast just to the north of modern Ordu, Turkey. Archaeological remnants of port facilities were previously noted in the neighborhood of Kirazlimanı.

Kozynthion Akra — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Aug 03, 2022 04:09 PM

A small promontory on the modern Libyan coast of the Gulf of Sidra on and around which the Brega Seaport complex (Marsa Brega/Marsā al Burayqah) now stands.

La Carolina — by P.O. Spann — last modified Sep 02, 2023 03:04 PM

The modern town of La Carolina in Spain's Jaén province is located near a series of ancient mines (copper, lead, and silver) and metallurgical processing sites.

Larissa/Sizara — by J.P. Brown — last modified Apr 03, 2021 10:46 AM

An ancient settlement located on the Orontes river to the southeast of Apamea. Scholars identify it with modern Shaizar in Syria.

Le Candéou — by S. Loseby — last modified Nov 19, 2022 10:21 PM

Salvage excavations during the 1970s in modern Le Candéou, a neighborhood of Peymeinade (France), identified multiple Roman-era structures that have been interpreted as agricultural in nature, including facilities for processing olive oil.

Leuktra — by J. Fossey — last modified Mar 24, 2024 03:53 PM

Leuktra was a settlement located in ancient Boeotia. It was located along the road leading from Thespiae to Plataea, somewhere in the vicinity of the modern town. In 371 B.C. the Thebans defeated the Spartans in a celebrated battle near the site.

Lykouria? — by G. Reger — last modified Sep 30, 2022 10:06 AM

According to Pausanias, Lykouria? is located in Arcadia and marks the boundary between Pheneus and Cleitor.

Macchia delle Valli, Vetralla — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 08, 2020 03:38 PM

A rock-cut Etrusco-Roman sanctuary sacred to Demeter that was discovered during rescue excavations in 2006 following looting activity. The sanctuary, set in a grove, remained in use until the second century A.D.

Magliana Vecchia — by L. Quilici — last modified Apr 14, 2022 06:43 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 43 B2 Magliana Vecchia

Magliano Sabina — by W.V. Harris — last modified Jul 05, 2019 11:00 AM

Magliano Sabina is located in Lazio, some 50 km north of Rome and some 30 km west of Rieti.

Magnesia ad Sipylum — by C. Foss — last modified May 18, 2023 07:50 PM

Magnesia ad Sipylum was an ancient city in Lydia in Asia Minor (modern Manisa in Turkey). Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus defeated Antiochus the Great at the battle of Magnesia in 190 BC.

Mago — by P.O. Spann — last modified Aug 23, 2018 11:57 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 inset Mago

Marruvium — by N. Purcell — last modified Apr 27, 2022 09:07 PM

Ancient Marruvium was the principal city of the Italic tribe of the Marsi.

Matalon — by J. Bennet — last modified Sep 28, 2023 10:46 PM

An ancient settlement and port on the south coast of Crete, now identified at modern Matala. Excavations have revealed an acropolis, tombs, a maritime slipway for a shipshed, a quarry, and fish tanks.

Mediolanum — by H.S. Sivan — last modified Mar 08, 2023 11:42 AM

An ancient settlement, located in the modern French commune of Châteaumeillant.