Archaic (pre-550 BC)
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- [Samarra]/‘Sumere’ — by M. Roaf — last modified Dec 29, 2023 11:40 AM
- Site of a powerful Islamic capital that controlled the provinces of the Abbasid Empire extending from Tunisia to Central Asia for a century. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007.
- [Terqa]/Asicha? — by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 12, 2024 10:24 AM
- [Terqa]/Asicha? was an ancient city located at the site of Tell Ashara on the banks of the Euphrates river.
- Anatho — by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 11, 2024 05:36 PM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 91 C3 Anatho
- Cantigi — by P.O. Spann — last modified Feb 27, 2023 06:02 AM
- An ancient settlement attested by an ethnic name in a single, fragmentary funerary inscription. The 19th century findspot of the inscription, presumably in the immediate vicinity of the ancient town, was at a locality called "Plaza de Armas" located to the northeast of (and across the Guadalquivir from) the modern Spanish town of Espelúy (Jaén, Andalucia).
- Dur-Sharrukin — by M. Roaf — last modified Dec 23, 2023 01:51 PM
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- Falerii Veteres — by W.V. Harris — last modified Jan 15, 2024 02:57 PM
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- Mazaka/Eusebeia/Caesarea — by T.B. Mitford — last modified May 31, 2023 03:43 PM
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- Opis — by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 16, 2024 03:53 PM
- Opis was an ancient city of Babylonia located on the Tigris river close to the site of modern Baghdad.
- Qalatgah — by M. Roaf — last modified Jun 19, 2023 10:12 AM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 H3 Qalatgah
- 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.
- Scythopolis/Nysa — by E.M. Meyers — last modified Mar 09, 2024 06:06 PM
- A settlement located at the juncture of the Jordan and Jezreel valleys, Scythopolis/Nysa had important Egyptian through Roman phases.
- 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
- 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.
- Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Feb 06, 2024 01:58 PM
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- Sychem — by E.M. Meyers — last modified Dec 23, 2023 12:47 PM
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- Takrit/Birta — by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 11, 2024 05:20 PM
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- Tanis — by A. Bernand — last modified Jan 04, 2024 11:38 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 Hamidi/[Ta'idu]? — by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 05, 2024 12:08 PM
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- Tell Laham — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Jan 11, 2024 05:32 PM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 93 B1 Tell Laham