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19 May 2026

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Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

1 new and 29 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

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

"main" branch:

2bb5c547 - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
no change: gis package
843b529f - updated data quality
0b3cc56d - updated bibliography
612a6e18 - updated indexes
e7702432 - updated sidebar

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

e16da11b - updated geojson and names index

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

f4785a63 - updated pleiades wikidata

18 May 2026

Export Updates 2026-05-18:
Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

1 new and 53 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

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

"main" branch:

464c68c1 - updated json
c874dfcf - updated rdf/ttl
4fc65b7d - updated gis package
a45a177e - updated data quality
4e91c843 - updated bibliography
a064d6a0 - updated indexes
c3767498 - updated sidebar

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

56d4c61f - updated geojson and names index

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

c1008230 - updated pleiades wikidata

14 May 2026

After some delay, monthly changelogs have now been posted through April 2026: pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/ch

They document the publication of 242 new and 4,031 updated place resources during that time period, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Joel Bellviure, Gabriel Bodard, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Ilaria Cristofaro, Matteo Di Domenica, Mattia D’Acri, Tom Elliott, Jordy Didier Orellana Figueroa, Sean Gillies, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, José Antonio Artés Hernández, Leif Isaksen, Carolin Johansson, Noah Kaye, Brady Kiesling, Eleftheria Konstantinidou, Divya Kumar-Dumas, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, John Muccigrosso, Maria Del Rocio Da Riva Muñoz, Gethin Rees, Charlotte Roueché, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, Nicolas Souchon, Richard Talbert, Scott Vanderbilt, Jaume Noguera Vila-Masana, Valeria Vitale and Enes Yılandiloğlu.

14 May 2026

Since Monday, the editorial college published 15 new and 81 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 8 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize a full week's worth of such work, but meantime here's a at 11 place resources for bath/spa facilities, together with associated features like villas, pools, and springs: pleiades.stoa.org/search?getFe

14 May 2026

Export Updates 2026-05-14:
Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

8 new and 28 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

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

"main" branch:

3b24767c - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
3f295803 - updated gis package
38a5daf3 - updated data quality
487f3c8c - updated bibliography
f0eaa09f - updated indexes
d7128bb7 - updated sidebar

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

56813f44 - updated geojson and names index

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

5ba2f537 - updated pleiades wikidata

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Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 20 new and 437 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel McKee and John Muccigrosso.
Last Week in Pleiades (6-13 January 2025)

A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map covers most of Europe, Central and South Asia, and Africa.

New Place Resources

  • Alba Fucens Aqueduct
    The Alba Fucens Aqueduct is a Roman aqueduct dating from the later first century BCE.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Allerona
    Allerona is an Italian town in the province of Terni (Umbria). It is the findspot of a Trajanic milestone.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Ashen Hill Barrows
    The Ashen Hill Barrow Cemetery is located in Somerset, England. These barrows are the most northerly of the sites in this area. The cemetery consists of six bowl barrows and two bell barrows that are aligned on an east-to-west axis.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Capanna dell’Elceto
    The so-called Capanna dell’Elceto was part of a fortified Protovillanovan settlement located near Monte Rovello, Italy.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Clearbury Ring
    A univallate Iron Age hillfort.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Coesike West temporary camps
    A sequence of temporary camps located south of the vallum associated with Hadrian's Wall.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Greek Theater of Antiphellos
    The Greek Theater of Antiphellos dates to the Hellenistic period.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
  • Haltwhistle Burn Temporary Camp 4
    The archaeological remains of Haltwhistle Burn Temporary Camp 4 are visible as a standing earthwork.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
  • Mahalibeh Castle
    Mahalibeh Castle in Syria dates to the 11th century. The castle was surrendered to al-Zahir Ghazi, the son of Saladin, by 1194.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Mastaba of Khentika
    The Mastaba of Khentika at Qila ad-Babba near Balat in ad-Dakhla depression, Egypt, dates from the Sixth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Khentika was a wealthy official and served as the governor of the Dakhla Oasis during the reign of Pharaoh Pepi II, (2284 – ca. 2216 BCE).
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Portchester Castle
    An eleventh-century castle was built on the site of the Roman fort known as Portus Adurni. Portchester Castle is located at Portchester, to the east of Fareham in Hampshire, England.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Posto villa
    The so-called "Posto villa" at Francolise was located in the ancient Ager Falernus of Campania. Its remains lie 500 meters from the so-called "San Rocco" villa. This was a small villa rustica whose incipit comes ca. 100 BC.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Priddy Nine Barrows
    The place known as Priddy Nine Barrows is a collection of round barrows, dating from the Bronze Age located near Priddy in Somerset, England.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Qila' el-Dabba
    An Old Kingdom cemetery located in the Dakhla Oasis, Balat, Egypt, that contains the tombs of royal officials who governed the area of the oasis.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Rota
    What would become Medieval Rota was once a pagus of Etruscan Caere. Writing in PECS, Mario Torelli describes this an an important Archaic center in the area of Tolfa.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Rukhaegarh
    Settlement site near Nalanda, Bihar District, India, containing remains dated from the Northern Black Polished Ware period through the early Medieval period.
    Creators: Gabriel McKee
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker
  • Schola Xanthi
    The Schola Xanthi was likely the seat of the scribae, praecones, and librarii of the curule aediles. A dedicatory inscription names Bebryx Aug. lib. Drusianus and A. Fabius Xanthus as those responsible for erecting the structure during the principate of Tiberius. There was a subsequent renovation in the third century. The Schola Xanthi is thought to correspond with a structure excavated in 1539 on the clivus Capitolinus between the Arch of Septimius Severus and the Arch of Tiberius. The archaeological remains do not survive.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Seleukeia on the Euphrates and the Royal Canal
    A city in Babylonia on the Euphrates, mentioned in Babylonian texts of the third century BC and possibly to be identified with Sippar.
    Creators: Chris de Lisle
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker
  • Stari Grad Plain
    The Stari Grad Plain is located on the island of Hvar in the Adriatic Sea. This cultural landscape is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due, in part, to its pristine state of preservation, which dates back to the time of Greek colonization by Paros in the fourth century BCE.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Temple of Liber Pater at Sabratha
    A Temple of Liber Pater at Sabratha that dates to the Iulio-Claudian period.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott

Updated Place Resources