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Last Week in Pleiades (1-8 August 2022)

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Last week we published 18 new place resources. In addition, 91 existing place resources were updated.
Last Week in Pleiades (1-8 August 2022)

New Place Resources

  • Adjacent to the Argolic Gulf and roughly centered on the ancient city of Argos, this alluvial plain covers some 250 square kilometers and is considered one of two major components of the ancient Argolis/Argolid region.
    Creators: Tom Elliott
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  • Sacred cave dedicated to the goddess of childbirth, Eileithyia, at Inatos, Crete. The site was in use from the Geometric period to the Roman period.
    Creators: Zachary Rosalinsky
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  • Deir el-Bahari is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs that constitute a part of the Theban necropolis located on the west bank of the Nile river, opposite Luxor.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • Extensive Roman bathhouse associated with the Roman fort at modern Schirenhof in the German municipality of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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  • The Mortuary temple of the Eleventh Dynasty pharaoh Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahari would inspire the later mortuary complexes of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III that are also found at the site.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • Sassanid fort located about 3.5km south of the Iranian town Puskan. The fort is square shaped with a round tower at each corner.
    Creators: Zachary Rosalinsky
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  • The Roman baths at calle Reyes Huertas date to the third century CE. They were located outside of the ancient city center in an area that has been categorized as industrial. Their exact nature is difficult to determine.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • Settlement site in the Deh Luran Plain in Iran rich in pottery remains. The site has remains from the Chalcolithic, Uruk and Early Dynastic, Elamite, Parthian, and Sasanian periods.
    Creators: Zachary Rosalinsky
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
  • Tell in the Hamrin Basin with settlement remains from the Early Dynastic, Early Akkadian, Late Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian, and Partho-Sassanian periods. The site was flooded by the creation of Lake Hamrin in 1981.
    Creators: Zachary Rosalinsky
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  • Settlement site on the Euphrates river with evidence of habitation from the 9th millennium BCE. The site declined under the Sumerians, was revived to be an important defensive location for the Akkadians, and continued to be inhabited until the 12th century BCE. The site was flooded by the creation of Lake Assad in 1974.
    Creators: Zachary Rosalinsky
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  • The temple in the forum of Augusta Emerita is conventionally known by the misnomer "Temple of Diana", yet was actually dedicated to the Imperial cult.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • The Temple of Hathor at Deir el-Medina dates to the reign of the Ptolemies. It was later repurposed as a Christian installation known as Deir el-Medina or "Monastery of the City", from which the site's modern toponym is derived.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • The Temple of Thutmose III at Deir el-Bahari was built ca. 1435-1425 BCE.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • One of the 19 Roman bath complexes identified in Mérida.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • The excavations carried out following the earthquake of 1908 revealed a number of baths dating to the early centuries of the Roman Imperial period.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
  • The New Kingdom tomb of the ancient Egyptian workman Inherkhau is located at Deir el-Medina and is part of the Theban Necropolis.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • TT69 is located in the Theban Necropolis on the west bank of the Nile. It served as the tomb of an Egyptian official known as Menna, among whose titles were "Overseer of Fields of Amun", and "Overseer of Fields of the Lord of the Two Lands". The tomb is generally dated to the reign of Thutmosis IV.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
  • A previously unknown Roman fort was discovered in Exeter between Bampfylde Street and Cheeke Street during the construction of a bus station in 2019.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Modified Place Resources