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Pedum? — by L. Quilici — last modified Jan 21, 2025 08:16 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 43 D2 Pedum?

Peiraion — by G. Reger — last modified Jul 26, 2023 10:09 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 D1 Peiraion

Pelathousa Slag Heap — by Tom Elliott — last modified Mar 03, 2023 01:12 PM

A copper-smelting slag heap located in the village of Pelathousa in western Cyprus, dating to the 4th-6th century CE and likely derived from ore mined at the Limni mine, which is approximately 1 kilometer to the northwest.

Petra — by C. Foss — last modified Feb 25, 2024 10:28 PM

An ancient coastal settlement on the island of Lesbos, situated around and atop a volcanic neck.

Peyriac-de-Mer — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Feb 03, 2020 08:37 AM

A small pre-Roman trading post on the edge of the Bages-Sigean lagoon.

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.

Pharis — by G. Reger — last modified Apr 24, 2024 08:51 AM

Pharis or Phare was an ancient site in Laconia located in the Spartan plain along the route leading from Amyclae to the coast. It was abandoned by Pausanias' day. Shipley ventures a tentative identification with the area of modern Vapheio where there is evidence for a Bronze Age settlement with tholos tomb.

Pharkadon — by J. Fossey — last modified Apr 09, 2024 11:03 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 C1 Pharkadon

Phayttos — by J. Fossey — last modified May 23, 2022 03:38 PM

An ancient settlement of Thessaly, located at modern Zarko/Zarkos in Greece.

Pherai — by G. Reger — last modified Oct 09, 2020 07:33 AM

An Archaic period to Roman period settlement located near Kalamata, Messinia in the Peloponnese.

Philadelpheia — by C. Foss — last modified May 05, 2024 01:11 PM

An ancient settlement of Asia Minor, modern Alaşehir, Turkey.

Phocaea — by C. Foss — last modified Sep 12, 2023 07:45 PM

An ancient settlement of Asia Minor, modern Foça in Turkey.

Phoinix — by J. Bennet — last modified Feb 07, 2024 11:19 PM

Phoinix was an ancient coastal city of western Crete that served as the port of inland Anopolis and also of later Aradena.

Phoinix — by C. Foss — last modified Oct 31, 2023 03:47 PM

An ancient city of Caria located on the Loryma peninsula southwest of Marmaris.

Pholegandros (settlement) — by J. Bennet — last modified Mar 24, 2022 10:41 PM

An ancient settlement on the island of Pholegandros in the Creticum Mare. Located at the modern village of Chora (Palaiokastro).

Phosphoros/Lux Dubia (sanctuary) — by Jr. — last modified Jan 19, 2025 10:17 AM

Strabo describes this sanctuary in his narrative of sailing up the Guadalquivir River. His text mentions a sanctuary of Phosphorus - this is likely Diana - that is known as "Lux Dubia" (Strabo transliterates "Lucem dubiam" to Greek characters, thus λοῦκεμ δουβίαν).

Pi-Ramesses — by Zachary Rosalinsky — last modified Jun 20, 2023 03:39 PM

Capital city built by New Kingdom pharaoh Ramesses II at the modern Egyptian village of Qantir. The site is near the old capital, Avaris.

Piana di Monte Verna — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 02, 2023 12:09 PM

An ancient Oscan center delimited by a megalithic fortification wall.

Pilias/Torre del Rey — by María Jesús Redondo — last modified Dec 03, 2017 11:55 AM

A Spanish village located in the west of the province of Sevilla that belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X. It is now known as Pilas.

Pimolisa — by C. Foss — last modified Aug 23, 2021 04:47 PM

A fortified town of Paphlagonia on the Halys river, Pimolisa had been destroyed by Strabo's time. The district retained a memory of its name, however.

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