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12 June 2026

Since Monday, the editorial college has published 9 new and 153 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 7 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a at one of the updated place resources, Corsica/Kyrnos (island): pleiades.stoa.org/places/472063

This Pleiades record was originally created by importing data from Barrington Atlas Map 48 "Sardinia-Corsica", which was compiled in 1995 by Stephen L. Dyson. Twelve of the records he originated have been updated so far this week alone. Jeffrey Becker updated this one to include the specific name of the island found on the Peutinger Map (INS. CORSICA) and added a reference to C. Hülsen's still-valuable article in RE. In all, 258 Pleiades place resources derive from Dyson's work on BAtlas. Prof. Dyson passed away on May 31, 2026, at the age of 88.

12 June 2026

Export Updates 2026-06-12:
Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

6 new and 64 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

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

"main" branch:

ba2b7899 - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
82d5dcfe - updated gis package
19960fd4 - updated data quality
35956ed6 - updated bibliography
204ab39a - updated indexes
601664cd - updated sidebar

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

9799462b - updated geojson and names index

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

33765695 - updated pleiades wikidata

11 June 2026

Vici.org via the Linked Data Sidebar: The Pleiades Linked Data Sidebar code is now parsing Pleiades links from René Voorburg's. Vici.org: Archaeological Atlas of Antiquity. 2012-. As of today's first pass at the data provided by René, 5,327 unique Pleiades place resources now display inbound Vici.org links in their sidebars.

More info on the blog: pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/vi

11 June 2026

Export Updates 2026-06-11:
Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

36 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

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

"main" branch:

27684d81 - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
a51d0dc7 - updated gis package
84462cd6 - updated data quality
27cb3e80 - updated bibliography
b804475e - updated indexes
456401e7 - updated sidebar

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

67b15dcb - updated geojson and names index

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

1e6902dd - updated pleiades wikidata

10 June 2026

New in the languages and scripts vocabulary: The Ossetian language, written in the Cyrillic Ossetian alphabet. pleiades.stoa.org/vocabularies

IANA registered code "os". Wikidata: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossetian

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Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 6 new place resources and approved updates to 100 existing place resources. Work by Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Noah Kaye, Brady Kiesling, and Gabriel McKee.
Last Week in Pleiades (11-18 September 2023)

New Place Resources

  • The probable sanctuary of Apollo Aegileos on the modern Aegean island of Antikythera is attested by the presence of a squared marble platform and various artifacts, including sculptural remains.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Tom Elliott
  • The archaic period city walls and gate of Phocaea excavated under the Maltepe tumulus.
    Creators: Noah Kaye
    Contributors:
  • Tumulus located approximately 13km southeast of Parion. The tomb contained two burials dated to 350-300 BCE.
    Creators: Gabriel Mckee
    Contributors:
  • Hasanaliler Church is a 6th-century Byzantine church.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • The bridge known as the Ponte del Viceré de Ribera crosses the Fosso di Sant'Andrea on the line of the Via Appia. The viceroy of Naples, one Parefàn de Ribera, renovated the bridge in 1568. During the Second World War, the bridge was bombed and was eventually restored in 2005.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • A cenotaph monument in western Attica praised by Pausanias, the Pythionike monument was located along the Sacred Way linking Athens and Eleusis. Stewart (2012) speculates whether Sulla could have plundered statuary from the monument when he marched on Athens.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:

Modified Place Resources