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14 July 2026

New in the Zotero library: Wessex Archaeology 2009: 68735 = Wessex Archaeology, Friars Wash, Redbourn Hertfordshire: Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results, Ref: 68735 (Salisbury, 2009), wessexarch.co.uk/our-work/fria.

Available at: wessexarch.co.uk/our-work/fria

Bibliographic record: zotero.org/groups/2533/items/9

14 July 2026

The changelog for June 2026 has been posted. Over the course of the month, the Pleiades editorial college published 59 new and 961 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Ethan Gruber, Wells Hansen, Greta Hawes, Sebastian Heath, Ryan M. Horne, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, Andy Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Louis Mulot, Eric Poehler, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, René Voorburg, and contributors to Trismegistos, Wikidata, and the World Historical Gazetteer.

The changelog for June 2026 is available at atlantides.org/changelogs/2026.

All prior annual and monthly change logs (since 2009) may be browsed at atlantides.org/changelogs/.

14 July 2026

New in the Zotero library: Brutus 2014 = Fabrice Brutus and Luc Leconte, “Le sanctuaire gaulois et gallo-romain d’Ablis (Yvelines),” Bulletin de l’Association française pour l’étude de l’âge du Fer 32 (2014): 85–88.

Available at: hal.science/hal-02383558v1

Bibliographic record: zotero.org/groups/2533/items/3

14 July 2026

New in the Zotero library: Gates-Foster 2022 = Jennifer Gates-Foster and Melanie Godsey, “Ptolemaic Painted Pottery from Ghozza, Eastern Desert,” Bulletin de Liaison de La Céramique Égyptienne, no. 31 (January 2022): 31, doi.org/10.4000/14tvu.

Available at: journals.openedition.org/bce/3

Bibliographic record: zotero.org/groups/2533/items/P

14 July 2026

New in the Zotero library: Gallazzi 2024 = Claudio Gallazzi and Gisèle Hadji-Minaglou, “Tebtynis (2023),” Bulletin archéologique des Écoles françaises à l’étranger, May 2024, 1–15, doi.org/10.4000/11sxk.

Available at: journals.openedition.org/baefe

Bibliographic record: zotero.org/groups/2533/items/I

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Over the course of the last two weeks the Pleiades editorial college published 17 new and 467 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Wells Hansen, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, and R. Scott Smith.
Last Two Weeks in Pleiades (8-22 June 2026)

A terrain map with orange markers for updates and pink circles for new place resources. The map stretches from northern Europe to the Middle Nile, and from the Strait of Gibraltar to the Himalayas.

New Place Resources

  • ager Volaterranus
    The ager Volaterranus was the territory of the city of Volaterrae in northern Etruria.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Arzhan-1
    Large (120 meters in diameter) burial mound outside the modern village of Arzhan in the Tuva Republic, with remains dated to the early Scythian period (8th-7th centuries BCE).
    Creators: Gabriel Mckee
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Aussières
    The findspot of significant quantities of Samian ware pottery.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
  • Castello di Venere
    A Norman castle founded in the twelfth century atop Mount Eryx in Sicily.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Cavaturini
    Cavaturini, a vicus located in the Ligurian Apennines that is mentioned in the so-called Sententia Minuciorum.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Fut / Quosenum?/ Kousa? fl.
    A river in central Morocco that flows from the eastern High Atlas to the Atlantic Ocean.
    Creators: Mary E Downs, Brian Z Lund, Richard Talbert, M Joann McDaniel
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, M Euzennat, J Desanges
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Grotta dei Massacci
    The so-called Grotta dei Massacci located in Osteria Nuova, municipality of Frasso Sabino, Italy, is a monumental, vaulted subterranean tomb structure that likely dates to the second century CE.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Koreion (Teithras)
    A sanctuary of Kore / Persephone in the Athenian deme of Teithras, known from inscriptions.
    Creators: Chris de Lisle
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker
  • Lago di Biéntina
    The Lago di Biéntina was once the largest lake in Italy's Tuscany region. While it was finally drained in 1859 and converted to arable land, the extent to which it was a standing body of water in antiquity remains debated.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker, WV Harris
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Peyrestortes
    A findspot of significant quantities of Samian ware pottery in the hinterland of Perpignan, France.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Pompey
    Pompey (Meurthe-et-Moselle, France) produced archaeological evidence of a Roman productive site located near the junction of the Meurthe and Moselle rivers. This site was discovered in 1962 and has been described as a "villa rustica". There is evidence of baths and painted wall plaster. There is evidence for pottery production at the site, along with agricultural activity. There is a cremation necropolis of the second and third centuries CE described as containing "poor" finds.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Quosenum (river)
    Pliny the Elder mentions a river named Quosenum in the context of his discussion of the voyage of the historian Polybius beyond the Atlas Mountains that was said to have been facilitated by Scipio Aemilianus.
    Creators: Mary E Downs, Brian Z Lund, Richard Talbert, M Joann McDaniel
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, M Euzennat, J Desanges
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Roman Aqueduct from Gorze to Metz
    A Roman aqueduct with a course of about 22 km, originating from the Bouillons spring near Gorze (208 m) and flowing to the city of Divodurum (Metz) (184 m). Some 12.7 km of the aqueduct is subterranean. Arched aqueduct bridges are extant at Ars-sur-Moselle and Jouy-aux-Arches.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Theater of Aigeira
    The ancient Greek Theater of Aigeira overlooks the Gulf of Corinth. The theater was built ca. 280-250 B.C.E. and enjoys a remarkable state of preservation.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Tomb of Lucius Verginius Rufus
    The Tomb of Lucius Verginius Rufus was located at ancient Alsium. Lucius Verginius Rufus (d. 97 CE) was a colleague of Nero and guardian of the younger Pliny, with the latter recording Verginius Rufus' epitaph.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
  • Via della Fortuna
    A major east-west street in Pompeii that is also connected to the Via di Mercurio and the Via del Foro.
    Creators: Anika Campbell
    Contributors: R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker
  • Vico Pancellorum
    In the introductory essay for Map 41 of the Barrington Atlas published in the Map-by-Map Directory, Vico Pancellorum is mentioned as a toponym with likely ancient origins, but absent is any specific evidence to that effect. Vico Pancellorum is a small Tuscan village located in the Province of Lucca. It is situated at 630 meters above sea level at the foot of Balzo Nero.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker, WV Harris
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
    Published by: Tom Elliott

Updated Place Resources