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11 September 2026

Call for citations: does your article, chapter, book, etc. cite Pleiades as a data source? If so, we'd like to add a citation to our new "Pleiades in Use" blog section at pleiades.stoa.org/docs/pleiade . Reply here or drop us an email at pleiades.admin@nyu.edu

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11 September 2026

The is among the data sources cited in a new paper that "analyze[s] monetary circulation across the Roman world":

Haddad, Eduardo A., and Inacio Araujo. “Economic Footprints: Mapping Coin Circulation and Economic Networks in Ancient Rome.” Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, ahead of print, June 9, 2026. doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-078.

11 September 2026

Export Updates 2026-09-11:
Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

13 new and 46 updated places. 4 new and 21 updated linked data sidebars.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

2. pleiades.datasets: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades.da:

"main" branch:

de28aa0a - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
32d9da0d - updated gis package
b588dcb0 - updated data quality
f93a4a27 - updated bibliography
89b141df - updated indexes
8e4c8ef9 - updated sidebar

3. pleiades-geojson: github.com/ryanfb/pleiades-geo:

cca42877 - updated geojson and names index

4. pleiades_wikidata: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades_wi:

0d0bfca2 - updated pleiades wikidata

10 September 2026

Nightly exports ran successfully and are available via pleiades.stoa.org/downloads . Derivatives and reports normally generated from them and committed to pleiades.datasets on github will not be updated today because multiple third-party data sources could not be refreshed due to download failures.

09 September 2026

Export Updates 2026-09-09:
Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

6 new and 54 updated places. 10 new and 43 updated linked data sidebars.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

2. pleiades.datasets: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades.da:

"main" branch:

f1fa5bd7 - updated json
284d37d9 - updated rdf/ttl
1ad24645 - updated gis package
79d15c8d - updated data quality
f0991102 - updated bibliography
7a45b5a4 - updated indexes
54deb48d - updated sidebar

3. pleiades-geojson: github.com/ryanfb/pleiades-geo:

5ca26d4b - updated geojson and names index

4. pleiades_wikidata: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades_wi:

fd9776b1 - updated pleiades wikidata

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Over the past three weeks, the Pleiades editorial college published 29 new and 263 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Ashley Aguilar, Jeffrey Becker, Isabella Bryant, Ananya Budati, Anika Campbell, Timothy Chavez, Anne Chen, Ian G. Craig, Cayden Dang, Siya Desai, Tom Elliott, Alex Gentry, James Griffin, Maxime Guénette, Wells Hansen, Giacomo Iero, David Jarolimek, Brady Kiesling, Eleftheria Konstantinidou, Chris de Lisle, Matteo Luria, Rex Maurer, Audrey Moore, Holly Moore, Hailey Muir, Evelyn Muskat, Natalie Nickell, Chiara Palladino, Adam Rabinowitz, Cody Robert, Aaron Rogers, Marco Salazar, Zoe Sanchez, Maya Scheffler, Dex Schwartz, Ansley Siemer, Sam Thomas and Philip Towbin, as well as contributors to the Yale Digital Dura-Europos Archive.
Last Three Weeks in Pleiades (10-31 August 2026)

A terrain map with orange markers for updates and pink circles for new place resources. The map stretches from modern Ireland and Portugal in the north and west to northwest Afghanistan and to Bahrain in the east and south.

New Place Resources

  • Arch of Trajan at Dura-Europos
    The Arch of Trajan at Dura-Europos is a triple bay arch located outside walls of Dura-Europos ca. 1.7 km NW of the Palmyrene Gate. An inscription records the dedication to Trajan by the Legio III Cyrenaica and was duplicated on each side of the arch.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Beaufort Castle, Lebanon
    Beaufort Castle (Qal'at al-Shaqif) is a castle dating from 1139. It served as a Crusader fortress in the twelfth century. It is located at an elevation of 700 meters above the Litani River gorge in southern Lebanon.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Castello della Pietra (Vobbia)
    The Castello della Pietra is a Medieval fortificaiton located in the comune of Vobbia in the province of Genova. The castle is occupies a position some 540 meters above sea level. It dates to ca. 1252.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Castello di Lombardia
    Local tradition holds that the Castello di Lombardia, located at Enna, was established on the site of a fortified acropolis of the Sicani. The castle is located on a mountain top some 970 meters above sea level.) The castle remains that are visible in the present day belong to a construction phase initiated by Ruggero II of Sicily in 1130.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Chreophylakeion
    An ancient building located in the Agora of Dura-Europos.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Columbarium, Via di Pietralata
    A columbarium was discovered by chance in the Via di Pietralata in Rome in 2012.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Cugno Case Vecchie
    The area of Cugno Case Vecchie is located about 3 km north-west of Canicattini Bagni, in the province of Siracusa, Sicily. There is archaeological evidence for human activity, including rock-cut burials, from the prehistoric to early modern periods.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Daradae
    A population of ancient Ethiopia, located in the vicinity of the Daras River.
    Creators: Chiara Palladino
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Farmhouse 151 in the chora of Chersonesos
    Site 151 is in the chora (agricultural territory) of the ancient Greek colony of Chersonesos. The farmhouse consists of a modest structure, a fortified tower, and a small household shrine. Modifications over time indicate changes in defensive concerns until its abandonment.
    Creators: Ananya Budati, Ashley Aguilar, Timothy Chavez, David Jarolimek
    Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Histria tumular necropolis
    The tumular necropolis of Histria is a large grouping of burial mounds used for inhumation burials and cremations starting around the third quarter of the 7th century B.C and continuing to the Hellenistic period, with repurposing and use by the Romans until the 7th century A.D.
    Creators: Cody Robert
    Contributors: Cody Robert, James Griffin, Giacomo Iero, Adam Rabinowitz
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • House M7-A
    Private house located in Block M7 of Dura-Europos.
    Creators: Holly Moore
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Anne Chen
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • House with Pebble Mosaic
    The House with Pebble Mosaic in Chersonesus is a Hellenistic residence in the northern part of the city. In one of its rooms, the remains of a polychrome pebble mosaic floor depict two nude female figures flanking a central motif of a bird on a pedestal basin.
    Creators: Audrey Moore
    Contributors: Cayden Dang, Natalie Nickell, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, Dex Schwartz
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Kiln Quarter at Histria
    The kiln quarter of Histria featured multiple ceramic kilns, workspaces, and waste deposits organized in a distinct, non-residential zone. Stratified layers reveal repeated building and reuse, with broken kilns repurposed as floors or refuse pits. It is located on the western plateau of the settlement.
    Creators: Ian G. Craig
    Contributors: Isabella Bryant, Siya Desai, Alex Gentry, Adam Rabinowitz
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • King's Stables
    The King's Stables is an archaeological site located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. In antiquity, this was an anthropic pool (25 meters in diameter) surrounded by an earthen berm. It dates ca. 1000 BCE and was a site of votive offerings, including weaponry and animal bones; a human cranium was also discovered.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Mint at Chersonesos
    This structure was interpreted as a Hellenistic coin production facility because of the 43 bronze flans (coin blanks) found there. The unusual concentration provides insight into local coin production and trade in this Black Sea colony.
    Creators: Matteo Luria
    Contributors: Ansley Siemer, Hailey Muir, Philip Towbin, Adam Rabinowitz
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Mozia necropolis
    An archaic period necropolis located on the north shore of Mozia.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Pauciuri
    An archaeological site located near Malvito in southern Italy, where excavation has revealed a portion of a Roman nucleus of habitation that includes domestic spaces and a bath complex.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Perorsi
    Ancient population on the Atlantic coast of Africa, mentioned by Pliny and located in the vicinity of the River Salsum.
    Creators: Chiara Palladino
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Sanctuary of the Egyptian gods (Nea Makri)
    A sancutary located at what is now Nea Makri at the south of the Plain of Marathon, dedicated to Egyptian gods and likely dedicated by Herodes Atticus ca. 160 CE. The site also included an opulent bath complex.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Brady Kiesling
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Santa Maria di Grottaferrata
    St. Nilus of Rossano founded what is now known as the Territorial Abbacy of Saint Mary of Grottaferrata in 1004 on the site of a Roman villa that in local tradition was connected to Marcus Tullius Cicero and alleged to be the place where the latter wrote his Quaestiones tusculanae.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Skandeia
    The anonymous Hypotyposis Geographiae locates Skandeia in the vicinity of the Kimbric peninsula (Jutland). Possibly to be identified with Sweden.
    Creators: Chiara Palladino
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Small Temple of Bel
    A small temple attributed to Bel, found in Block M5, Dura-Europos.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Anne Chen
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Temple B (Selinus)
    The so-called "Temple B" at Selinus is a small temple dating ca. 250 BCE. It measures 8.40 by 4.60 meters. This was a prostyle aedicular building and may have been sacred to a Hellenized Punic cult.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Temple of Aphrodite at Histria
    The Temple of Aphrodite at Histria is a Greek sanctuary located within the sacred precinct (temenos) of ancient Histria, a Milesian colony on the western Black Sea coast in modern Romania. It was dedicated to Aphrodite, and it formed part of the city’s organized religious landscape.
    Creators: Sam Thomas
    Contributors: Aaron Rogers, Adam Rabinowitz, Maya Scheffler
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Theater of Chersonesos
    A Hellenistic theater located in the ancient Greek colony of Tauric Chersonesos. Built in the 4th or 3rd century BC, it remained in use through the Roman period. It is one of the few surviving examples of Greek theater architecture in the northern Black Sea region.
    Creators: Marco Salazar, Evelyn Muskat, Rex Maurer, Zoe Sanchez
    Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Theseion
    Now destroyed Tomb of Theseus at Athens. Described by Pausanias to have the bones of Theseus. Once thought to be the Hephaisteion temple.
    Creators: Anika Campbell
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Tomb of Iphigenia
    Likely destroyed tomb of Iphigeneia, daughter of Agamemnon. The Megarians claim she dies there.
    Creators: Anika Campbell
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Tomb of Orestes (Sparta)
    Tomb of Orestes described by Pausanias in the Agora of Sparta, near a Sanctuary of the Moirai. Supposedly housed the bones of Orestes.
    Creators: Anika Campbell
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • villa of Q. Volconius Pollio
    A villa associated with Q. Volconius Pollio was excavated near Marino in 1884.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott

Updated Place Resources