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Last Week in Pleiades (4-11 September 2023)

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Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 9 new place resources and approved updates to 149 existing place resources. Work by Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Stephan Maurer, Colin McCaffrey, David Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Rosemary Selth, and R. Scott Smith.

New Place Resources

  • The ancient theater of Carthaea.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • A large (300 acres), multiperiod (Old Kingdom through late Roman) cemetery located just beyond the arable land of the eastern Fayoum in Egypt. It likely served the nearby ancient settlements of Tanis, Philadelphia, and Selia.
    Creators: Tom Elliott
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  • A Doric-order temple, hexastyle in antis (23.20x11.10 m). The building utilizes stone from both Aegina and Paros.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • A Roman-style settlement at modern El Burgo de Ebro, located on the south bank of the Ebro rivier, southeast of Zaragoza, Spain. The settlement appears to have been founded in the second century BCE and permanently destroyed in the first century, likely during the Sertorian War (82-72 BCE).
    Creators: John Muccigrosso; Tom Elliott; David Meadows
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  • A Mycenaean necropolis with elaborate chamber tombs located north of modern Elateia, Phthiotida, Greece.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Brady Kiesling
  • The site of a Roman fort and an adjacent settlement is located on a terrace south of the River Ure to the west of Boroughbridge. The Roman fort was identified via geophysical survey and test excavations.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • Late-roman fortifications at Le Mans (France).
    Creators: Tom Elliott
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  • A Doric-order temple with a hexastyle in antis plan measuring 31.15x16.05 m. According to Mazarakis-Ainian, the cella is divided into two parts by means of an axial colonnade. The altar stood at the east front of the temple.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • Ruins of a villa rustica, located south of modern Brombach in Baden-Württemberg.
    Creators: Stephan Maurer
    Contributors: Tom Elliott

Modified Place Resources