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Last Week in Pleiades (5-12 May 2025)

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Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 19 new and 233 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Birgit Christiansen, Tom Elliott, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel McKee, John Muccigrosso, Nicolas Souchon, Clifflena Tiah and Scott Vanderbilt.
Last Week in Pleiades (5-12 May 2025)

A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map spans west to east: the Atlantic Ocean to the Caspian Sea. From north to south, it spans: northern Europe to the middle Nile.

New Place Resources

  • Archaic Temple at Ai Lia
    Badly damaged foundations of the peristyle of a large Doric temple of the 6th or early 5th c. BCE, the center of which is now occupied by the modern chapel of Profitis Ilias on a rise NE of ancient Kyreneia. This temple was probably destroyed during the earthquake of 373 BCE and replaced by a smaller temple to the west, built from its rubble. A monumental great altar has also been excavated immediately east of the temple.
    Creators: John Muccigrosso, Brady Kiesling, Tom Elliott
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker
  • Archaic Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea
    An ancient temple of Athena at Tegea, thought to have been constructed in the late 7th century BCE. It seems to have been destroyed by fire in the early fourth century BCE and succeeded by a new temple on the site.
    Creators: John Muccigrosso, Tom Elliott
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker
  • Bahçecik
    Bahçecik is a village located in Sur, Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Sarduri built a tower temple and the fortress “Sarduriḫinili” here in the eighth century BCE.
    Creators: Birgit Christiansen
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Basilica of Cresconius
    The Basilica of Cresconius is a church with a nave-and-side-aisle plan located at Cuicul (Djémila), Numidia, Algeria.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Basilica of Iunius Bassus
    The Basilica of Junius Bassus (basilica Iunii Bassi) was a civil basilica on the Esquiline Hill in Rome. Its remains were demolished in 1930 to make way for the Seminario Pontificio di Studi Orientali, in via Napoleone III, 3. Junius Bassus held the consulship in 331 CE. The basilica is particularly known for its opus sectile decorations. In the fifth century, the basilica was remodeled into the church of Sant'Andrea Catabarbara.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Basilica Opimia
    A civil basilica built in the Forum Romanum ca. 121 BCE by Lucius Opimius. This basilica was likely razed in 7 BCE.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Basilica Porcia
    The Basilica Porcia is considered the first named civil basilica in Rome. The elder Cato is responsible for its construction in 184 BCE. It seems to have been a small structure that took the place of several earlier private atria located between the Clivus Argentarius and the Curia Hostilia. The Basilica Porcia was destroyed by fire in 52 BCE.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Classical Temple at Ai Lia
    Distyle in antis temple of the 4th c. BCE, built from the salvage of the large archaic temple, likely destroyed in the earthquake of 373 BCE. This temple remained in use until the first or second centuries CE.
    Creators: John Muccigrosso, Brady Kiesling, Tom Elliott
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker
  • Etruscan Pyramid of Bomarzo
    The so-called Etruscan Pyramid of Bomarzo is a megalithic, rock-cut monument at Bomarzo. It likely dates to the late Archaic period.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Kayalıdere Castle
    Kayalıdere Castle is a fortified Urartian site dating to the eighth century BCE. It is located in the Varto district of Muş.
    Creators: Clifflena Tiah
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • La Rotta site
    Site in Tuscany containing a large number of ceramics dated from about 580 BCE-first century BCE, possibly used as a ceramic production site.
    Creators: Gabriel McKee
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Oued Zariel
    Immediately north of the Oued Zariel (Nador municipality, Algeria), remains of two ancient farms were identified, including an olive press.
    Creators: Tom Elliott
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker
  • Porta Maggiore Basilica
    The so-called underground basilica near Rome's Porta Maggiore is situated 12 meters below ground level. This vaulted space with a triple nave design is decorated with an elaborate stucco work program. The "basilica" was discovered accidentally in 1917. The site has been dated to the first century BCE and is likely linked to the activities of the neo-Pythagoreans.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Sant'Andrea Catabarbara
    Sant'Andrea Catabarbara was a church located in Rome; it was dedicated to Saint Andrew. It likely succeeds the fourth-century CE civil basilica known as the Basilica of Iunius Bassus, via the patronage of the Goth general Valila. Its remains were demolished in 1930 and its site is now occupied by the Pontifical Oriental Institute on Via Napoleone III, in the Esquilino district.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Sepolcro di via Bisignano
    An ancient Roman brick tomb of the second century that is located in the Via Bisignano between the fifth mile of Via Appia Antica and the seventh kilometer of Via Appia Nuova. The tomb has also been known as the Temple of Salus. Its typology is comparable to that of the tomb of Publius Aelius Callistion.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Sidi Ali Bou Arrar
    Remains of a villa and associated cisterns, now built over by modern structures, occupy a high point about 1200 meters south of modern Sidi Moussa in Algeria's Tipaza province and north of the marabout of Sidi Ali bou Arrar.
    Creators: Tom Elliott
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker
  • Sidi Moussa
    A modern village located at the western end of the municipal territory of Nador in Algeria's Tipaza province. According to Anselmino, this village, which was built to house the displaced population of Chénoua during the Algerian War of Independence in the mid-20th century, probably covers the site of an ancient settlement and associated necropolis.
    Creators: Tom Elliott
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker
  • Tomb of Septimia Galla
    A Roman tomb at the sixth mile of the Via Appia.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Vicus Veneris Almae
    A street in Regio XII of ancient Rome that is also listed on the so-called Capitoline Base. It may have been located southeast of the Circus Maximus.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott

Updated Place Resources