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La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Sep 23, 2021 08:10 PM

Gallo-Roman villas located in the valley of the Serein, a tributary of the Yonne river, dating from the first to the fourth centuries AD.

La Muculufa (Butera) — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 23, 2022 03:30 PM

An Early Bronze Age village in Sicily.

La Spezia — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 22, 2022 06:07 PM

The modern city of La Spezia, Italy, is located what was in antiquity the territory of the city of Luni. The area of La Spezia has been surveyed by archaeologists.

Lake Farm Roman fort — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 12, 2024 09:57 AM

Large Roman military installation near present-day Wimborne Minster in Dorset. It was established very shortly after Claudian invasion (ca. 44 CE), and later served as a vexillation fortress.

Lalibela — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 02, 2021 02:43 PM

Lalibela is an ancient site in in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia known especially for its 11 rock-cut churches.

Lamā Cemetery — by Zachary Rosalinsky — last modified Jun 20, 2023 04:35 AM

Cemetery site near Lama village, Iran with almost 60 graves dating to the late 2nd-early 1st millennium CE. Most of the graves were destroyed by bulldozing in the area for a road in December 1999.

Lancaster — by A.S. Esmonde Cleary — last modified Jan 09, 2025 03:38 PM

Roman fort at present day Lancaster.

Langobriga — by E.W. Haley — last modified Sep 10, 2022 10:53 PM

This ancient settlement is thought to have been located at modern Monte de S. Maria/Redondo (Fiães parish, Feira municipality) in Portugal.

Langon — by H.S. Sivan — last modified Feb 24, 2022 03:00 PM

Modern Langon is a commune located in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France. Various archaeological remains from the Roman period survive there, including paved roads, the remains of a villa, and the so-called Chapelle Sainte-Agathe.

Larisa — by J. Bennet — last modified Apr 04, 2021 11:21 AM

A city of southeastern Crete, mentioned by Strabo. It may be associated with the "Kastellos" at modern Kalamafka.

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.

Le Peu (Charente) — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Feb 27, 2023 05:19 AM

The archaeological site at Le Peu (Charente) dates originally to the mid-fifth millennium BCE and preserves evidence of a fortified Middle Neolithic settlement with timber structures. The ditch and palisade fortifications and the timber structures represent the earliest evidence of such architecture in Atlantic Europe. The fortified site is located close to the monumental Tusson tumuli.

Leonforte — by Valeria Vitale — last modified Oct 18, 2024 05:28 PM

A modern Sicilian town in the province of Enna, thought to be located in the area of the ancient settlement of Assorus.

Les Mesnuls — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Feb 14, 2018 11:49 PM

In the 1960s an imperial Roman villa was excavated at the La Millière locality, located on the edge of the Rambouillet forest.

Leucosia (island) — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Sep 09, 2022 02:48 PM

In ancient times, the area of the modern Italian port town of Vibo Marina on the Gulf of Saint Euphemia was an island named Leucosia. Artificial port construction began in antiquity and, together with natural processes, has connected Leucosia to the mainland.

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.

Liverdun — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Nov 01, 2023 10:39 PM

Excavations in and around Liverdun carried out in the 1960s revealed evidence for "fairly dense" habitation from prehistoric to Merovingian times. Notable archaeological features included a Gallo-Roman villa (destroyed in the third century A.D.) at the locality known as Rupt-Chaudron and a Merovingian necropolis of more than 1,000 tombs dating to the ninth century A.D.

Llandrindod Common — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 20, 2020 06:55 AM

A group of 18 Roman military camps and earthworks.

Lobera — by María Jesús Redondo — last modified Jan 30, 2018 05:58 PM

A Spanish village located in the northwest of the province of Jaén, between Jaén and Córdoba, that belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X. It is now known as Lopera.

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