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Last Week in Pleiades (9-16 December 2024)

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Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 5 new and 390 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Gabriel Bodard, Catherine Bouras, Birgit Christiansen, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Thomas Seidler, Rosemary Selth, and R. Scott Smith.
Last Week in Pleiades (9-16 December 2024)

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

  • Atlantis
    Atlantis is the mythical island state used by Plato in the Timaeus and Critias as an example of a powerful and hubristic nation. It has widely been used in later literature, and speculation in pseudo-history and conspiracy theory.
    Creators: Gabriel Bodard
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Tom Elliott
  • Hayots Dzor
    Hayots Dzor ("valley of the Armenians") is a valley in the Gürpınar District in the Van Province in the southeast of modern Turkey. Here a stone block with an inscription of the Urartian king Minua, son of Išpuini (9th / 8th century BCE) has been found (CTU A 5-15E) which reports the building of the "Canal of Minua" which is still in use today. The building of the canal is also reported in several other inscriptions which were set up elsewhere at the shore of the canal. In Armenian mythology, Hayots Dzor is the valley where the Armenian progenitor Hayk defeated the army of the invading Assyrian king Bēl and constructed a fortress (Haykaberd) nearby.
    Creators: Birgit Christiansen
    Contributors: Thomas Seidler, Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker
  • Karagündüz
    Karagündüz (Armenian name: Charakonis) is a modern village on the eastern coast of Lake Erceç in southeastern Turkey. Here a stela with an inscription of the Urartian kings Išpuini (9th century BCE) and Minua (9th / 8th century BCE) was found which praises the victory over the cites Mešta, Qua, Šaritu, and Nigibi and the land Paršua and gives detailed information about the numbers of soldiers, spoils and deportees (CTU I A 3-9). Furthermore, a partially preserved stela authored by Minua, son of Išpuini, has been found alone (CTU I A 5-86).
    Creators: Birgit Christiansen
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker
  • Seleukeia on the Erythraian Sea
    An unlocated Hellenistic city near the Persian Gulf, mentioned in an inscription from Magnesia on the Maeander.
    Creators: Chris de Lisle
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker
  • Yeşilalıç rock niche inscription
    The modern village formerly known as Ašotakert and/or Aschrut-Darga is situated ca. 60 km to the east of Van at an altitude of 2600 m above the stream Çaybağı which flows into the river Kotur in Iran. Here a rock niche with an inscription of the Urartian kings Išpuini (9th century BCE) and Minua (9th / 8th century BCE) was found. It reports the construction of a "susi temple" of the god Ḫaldi and the establishment of an offering ritual. In this case, the term "susi temple" apparently refers to the niche.
    Creators: Birgit Christiansen
    Contributors: Thomas Seidler, Jeffrey Becker
    Published by: Jeffrey Becker

Updated Place Resources