Pleiades Project Blog
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Monthly changelogs have now been posted through April 2026. 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.
Hierokles' Synekdemos Map (Back) Online
The Ancient World Mapping Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has refurbished and relaunched their digital map of places mentioned by Hierokles.
Last Week in Pleiades (4-11 May 2026)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 20 new and 118 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Daniel C. Browning Jr., Noah Kaye, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel Mckee, R. Scott Smith and Enes Yılandiloğlu.
More "Getting Started" Workshops: June 18, 23, and 25, 2026
Registration is now open for another three-part, free, "Getting Started" online workshop series to orient and train new people interested in using and contributing to the Pleiades Gazetteer of ancient places.
MANTO announces regular public data releases
Pleiades partner MANTO (the digital dataset of Greek myth), is now releasing of all their data under open license.
New Paper: Catching up with the daughters of Atlas
Pleiades managing editor Tom Elliott delivered this paper in the Presidential Panel of the Association of Ancient Historians Annual Meeting 2026 in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, 16 April 2026.
"Getting Started" Workshops: June 2, 4, and 9, 2026
Registration is now open for a three-part, free, "Getting Started" online workshop series to orient and train new people interested in using and contributing to the Pleiades Gazetteer of ancient places.
Last Week in Pleiades (27 April - 4 May 2026)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 13 new and 165 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Brady Kiesling and Enes Yılandiloğlu.
Last Week in Pleiades (20-27 April 2026)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 10 new and 104 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel Mckee and R. Scott Smith.
Last Week in Pleiades (13-20 April 2026)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 21 new and 205 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, R. Scott Smith and Richard Talbert.
New Interactive Maps on Early Church Councils
The Ancient World Mapping Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has just released two new online, interactive maps: "The Council of Nicaea (325 CE)" and "Iberian Church Councils (306-589 CE)".
Last Week in Pleiades (6-13 April 2026)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 5 new and 153 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, John Muccigrosso, R. Scott Smith and Enes Yılandiloğlu.
Last Week in Pleiades (30 March - 6 April 2026)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 30 new and 319 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Ilaria Cristofaro, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Divya Kumar-Dumas, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert and Enes Yılandiloğlu.
Last Week in Pleiades (23-30 March 2026)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 34 new and 154 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Mattia D’Acri, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Maria Del Rocio Da Riva Muñoz, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert and Enes Yılandiloğlu.
Last Week in Pleiades (16-23 March 2026)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 12 new and 108 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Ilaria Cristofaro, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel Mckee, John Muccigrosso, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert and Enes Yılandiloğlu.
Last Week in Pleiades (9-16 March 2026)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 20 new and 89 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel Mckee, Gethin Rees, R. Scott Smith, Nicolas Souchon, Richard Talbert, Valeria Vitale and Enes Yılandiloğlu.
Last Week in Pleiades (23 February - 2 March 2026)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 16 new and 226 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel Mckee, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert and Enes Yılandiloğlu.
Last Week in Pleiades (16-23 February 2026)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 3 new and 128 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert and Enes Yılandiloğlu.
Last Week in Pleiades (9-16 February 2026)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 16 new and 393 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Leif Isaksen, Noah Kaye, Brady Kiesling, Eleftheria Konstantinidou, Chris de Lisle, Jaume Noguera Vila-Masana, Jordy Didier Orellana Figueroa, R. Scott Smith and Enes Yılandiloğlu.
Last Week in Pleiades (2-9 February 2026)
Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 6 new and 442 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Eleftheria Konstantinidou, Gabriel Mckee, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert and Enes Yılandiloğlu.