[Most recently updated 2 November 2017]
Included in the following list are links to digital
project dealing with geography and the ancient world. It is an eclectic
list, culled mostly from entries in AWOL. It has no pretentions of being
complete or comprehensive, but is offered to give readers a sense of
the range of materials currently accessible. I have (for the most part) not included the scores of atlases, maps and other orginally paper-based geographical resources which are accessible online in facsimile.
I welcome comments, suggestions for sites to include, notices of projects under development, and any other sorts of reactions you may have. Please use the comment function below, or email me directly. I'm easy to find.
2300 Ancient Sites on Google Earth
On several occasions I have blogged on the possibilities of Google
Earth and its online spin-off, Google Maps. My last blog on this topic
was a bit over half a year ago, when I had some 1700 items available. In
the meantime, I have added more than 550 ancient sites to my list, from
all quarters of the ancient world.
AdriAtlas: Atlas informatisé de l'Adriatique antique (1100 a.C. - 751 p.C.)
Cet Atlas, lié à une base de données constamment enrichie, a pour but de
fournir un état de la recherche sur l'Adriatique antique entre le XIe
s. av. J.-C. et le milieu du VIIIe s. ap. J.-C.
C'est une réalisation du programme international AdriAtlas financé par
l'Agence Nationale de la Recherche (partenaires : Ausonius-Bordeaux,
Ecole française de Rome, M²ISA-Paris), la Région Aquitaine et l'Ecole
française de Rome.
Jusqu'à présent, seule l'Adriatique orientale a été couverte, avec la
collaboration des Instituts d'archéologie de Ljubljana (Slovénie) et de
Tirana (Albanie), les Universités de Trieste (Italie), Pula, Zadar et
Zagreb (Croatie), de l'université catholique de Croatie et des
chercheurs des universités de Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand et Grenoble.
Actuellement les sites de l’Adriatique occidentale connus par les
sources écrites sont progressivement ajoutés par les équipes
universitaires de Bari, Bologne, Chieti, Ferrare, Foggia, Lecce,
Macerata, Padoue, Trieste et Vérone.
Amphores. Recueil de timbres sur amphores romaines (RATAR)
Depuis quelques décennies, les amphores ont pris la première
place comme source de l'étude des échanges dans l'Antiquité.
Les inscriptions qu'elles portent fondent la connaissance de l'organisation
de leur production, de leurs contenus et de leur distribution. Depuis de nombreuses
années, une petite équipe du Centre Camille Jullian, Université
de Provence – CNRS, étudie les timbres sur amphores romaines
et a constitué une base de données, informatisée depuis
1987, à partir de publications. Le lecteur peut se reporter aux introductions
des deux volumes RTAR I et II cités ci-dessous où
les principes suivis pour la constitution de la base de données sont
exposés.
Anatolian Atlas
The Anatolian Atlas is a resource for scholars interested in the
archaeological settlement patterning and historical geography of Ancient
Anatolia (modern day Turkey).
Here you will find Google Maps that display the extents of various archaeological surveys that have been conducted in Anatolia as well as numerous archaeological sites.
These sites, when possible, are linked to online content that provides
more information. They also often have citations for scholarly work that
has discussed them. The works that are cited can be found in the bibliography.
Finally, the Anatolian Atlas also hosts original research that has been developed in CAMEL by scholars of the Oriental Institute.
The Anatolian Roads Project
This site is dedicated to research in the field of the Roman road system
located in ancient Anatolia, present-day Turkey. The site is sponsored
by the History department of Wisconsin Lutheran College under the direction of Dr. Glen L. Thompson and by the Asia Minor Research Center under the direction of Dr. Mark Wilson. The Anatolian Roads Project (TARP) is a work in progress and thus will be updated and improved as time goes on.
Ancient Mediterranean Ports
The
Union of Ancient Mediterranean Ports was created in 1995 from a network
of cities with the common characteristic of having been founded during
Greek antiquity. The union was enacted in 1996 with its headquarters in
the ancient town of Agatha, current Aged of Southern France...
Ancient Locations:Database of Archaeological Sites
ANCIENT LOCATIONS is my collection of Placemarks of archaeologically interesting locations of the ancient world.
The list is continuously updated and expanded to give anyone with an
interest in archaeology and history the possibility to look up the
coordinates of relevant sites.
Locations
are included if they existed prior to 476 CE in the Old World (end of
the West-Roman Empire) and prior to 1492 CE in the New World
(re-discovery of the New World).
Ancient Ports – Ports Antiques
Le Projet d’inventaire des Ports Antiques
This web site presents work done to
collect, identify and locate ancient harbours and ports. It is based on a
study of existing documentation and does not aim at finding new ports
that were unknown at the time of writing. The result is a list of around
2750 ancient ports based on 66 ancient authors and a few modern authors.
Ancient World Mapping Center
Recently the Center has been able to acquire its own server, so this is
the ideal opportunity to revise and upgrade the website now launched
here. The new site provides a robust platform to host the Center’s
activities, especially its online initiatives Antiquity À-la-carte and the newly conceived Benthos project. Please explore and enjoy. You are encouraged to join the AWMC community and participate by registering
yourself as a user of the site. The Center can only function with much
valued support from donors. If you too would like to make a
contribution, please visit the Support AWMC page.
ANE Placemarks for Google Earth
From
Olof Pedersén
A preliminary set of placemarks (ANE.kmz) for Google
Earth of a selection of the most important archaeological sites in
the Ancient Near East can be downloaded here (as an alternative try right-click or ctrl-click).
Antiquity À-la-carte
The Antiquity À-la-carte application is an interactive digital map of the ancient world.
APAAME: Aerial Photography Archive for Archaeology in the Middle East
APAAME is long-term research project directed by Professor David Kennedy and Dr Robert Bewley, and is based at the University of Western Australia.
The project is designed both to develop a methodology suited to the
region and to illuminate settlement history in the Near East. The
archive currently consists of almost 45,000 aerial images, over 40,000
of which are displayed on the archive’s Flickr site.
Although
principally focused on Jordan, in which there has been an annual
programme of flying since 1997 (The Aerial Archaeology in Jordan
Project), high resolution satellite imagery on Google Earth is now
permitting research on neighbouring countries.
We
will be keeping you up to date on what we are finding, how we are
finding it, and also taking you with us on our fieldwork in Jordan.
ArchéoGéographie
Le site de
l'archéogéographie est une réalisation du Groupe de Recherches du CNRS intitulé
"Traité de l'ESpace des Sociétés Rurales Anciennes" (= GDR 2137,
TESORA). Ce groupe, dont l'existence institutionnelle prend fin en 2007 après 8
années d'existence, a conçu et formalisé une discipline nouvelle nommée archéogéographie et
rédigé le
Traité d'archéogéographie qui
lui sert de base (en cours de parution).
L'archéogéographie est
enseignée à l'Université de Paris-I Sorbonne dans le cadre d'un Master
“archéologie et environnement”, dont elle constitue une des quatre options. Les
cours d'archéogéographie sont donnés par Gérard Chouquer, Magali Wateaux,
Sandrine Robert. La direction de thèses sur des thèmes d'archéogéographie est
assurée par Gérard Chouquer dans le cadre d'un Doctorat d'archéologie de
l’École Doctorale d’Archéologie de l’Université de Paris I (ED 112). Certaines
thèses sont encadrées en co-direction avec Joëlle Burnouf.
À partir de
l'année universitaire 2007-2008, l'archéogéographie est enseignée à Coimbra,
dans le cadre d'un Master "Archéologie et territoires",
Spécialisation Archéogéographie, et, à partir de 2008/2009 dans le cadre d'un
Doctorat d'archéogéographie. L'encadrement des thèses du doctorat d'archéogéographie
sera assurée par Maria da Conceição Lopes.
Le responsable du site
internet de l'archéogéographie est Gérard Chouquer, directeur de recherches au
CNRS dans l'équipe Arscan ("Archéologie et Sciences de l'Antiquité"
UMR 7041 du CNRS) et la sous-équipe "Archéologies environnementales"
que dirige Joëlle Burnouf.
Archaeological Survey of Israel -
English -
Hebrew
The sites documented in the Archaeological Survey of Israel are
published on the website where they are displayed in survey squares of
100 sq km (10 × 10 km). The list of maps is presented below in
alphabetic order, according to their names and numbers as recorded in Yalquṭ Ha-Pirsumim.
The survey maps can be seen on the right side of the screen against the
background of an aerial photograph. The sites (marked with yellow dots)
can be accessed by zooming in on the screen and a description of them
will appear by clicking on the dots. The introduction to each map and
search options are also displayed.
ArchAtlas
ArchAtlas is a web-orientated archaeological mapping and research project,
founded by the late Prof. Andrew Sherratt, which continues to be developed at
the Department of Archaeology,
University of Sheffield, UK.
Археологическая карта Крыма
Археологические экспедиции, регулярно работающие в Крыму.
История Крыма открывается нам во многом благодаря археологическим раскопкам.
В приводимом ниже списке и на карте указаны экспедиции,
в течение многих лет проводящие археологические исследования в Крыму на ряде крупных памятников.
В некоторые из экспедиций можно поехать волонтером.
Волонтерам, как правило, приходится оплачивать свое пребывание.
Более подробную информацию Вы можете найти на сайтах экспедиций, если таковые есть и функционируют,
либо, установив контакты с прошлыми участниками или руководством.
Многие, побывавшие в экспедициях, и дальше именно так предпочитают проводить отдых в Крыму и история Крыма, открываемая
археологией, становится частью их жизни.
Подчеркну, что экспедиций, конечно,
гораздо больше, но многие носят кратковременный характер, и часто их задачей являются раскопки отдельного
объекта. В этом случае, как правило, экспедиции немногочисленны, раскопки выполняются профессиональными
археологами с привлечение небольшого числа опытных рабочих.
Archmap: Mapping Mesopotamian Monument
Welcome to Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments.
Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments
presents a topographical survey of the standing historical and
architectural remains in the region from Kurdistan to southern Iraq. A
work in progress, this monument survey covers all historical periods
from ancient to modern. It includes ancient Mesopotamian rock reliefs
carved into the cliff faces of the mountains, early Christian churches
and monasteries, early Islamic, Ottoman and twentieth century
architecture. The database of images invites you to explore the multiple
layers of the rich historical landscape of Mesopotamia. Envisioned and
directed by Professor Zainab Bahrani, the basis of the survey is a field
project that assesses the condition of monuments, maps their locations,
and records them with digital techniques to provide a record and to
facilitate future preservation and conservation work across this land.
In the first season (2013) the team documented the major monuments and
historical architecture of the Dohuk region and the city of Erbil, one
of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the world.
Atlas archéologique de la Tunisie
Babelon, Ernest. Atlas archéologique de
la Tunisie : édition spéciale des cartes topographiques publiées par le
M inistère de la Guerre. accompagnée d'un texte explicatif rédigé par
Mm. E. Babelon, R. Cagnat, S. Reinach. [Texte] / . Paris 1893.
Atlas archéologique de l'Algérie
Gsell, Stéphane. 1864-1932: Atlas
archéologique de l'Algérie : édition spéciale des cartes au 200.000e du
Service Géographique de l'Armée / avec un texte explicatif rédigé par
Stéphane Gsell. Texte. . Alger : Paris 1911.
Atlas des Sites du PRoche-Orient (ASPRO)
L’ Atlas des Sites du Proche-Orient (ASPRO) se
présente comme un répertoire analytique de près de 2 000 sites occupés
entre 14 000 et 5 700 BP (environ 14 000 - 4 500 av. J.-C.) sur un
territoire qui s’étend du Sinaï au Turkménistan et de l’Anatolie au
golfe Arabo-Persique.
Atlas of Old Iranian Inscriptions
Atlas: Middle East & North Africa
Atlas PALM: Atlas du Patrimoine Archéologique Littorale Méditerranéen
Le projet
Né de la volonté de mettre à disposition de tous une part
méconnue du patrimoine culturel, l’Atlas PALM propose de mettre en
ligne et en lumière 60 années de découvertes et de recherches
archéologiques sous-marines sur les côtes de la région
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Si la pratique de l'archéologie sous-marine est relativement
récente, l'exploration des fonds méditerranéens français a néanmoins
généré au cours des soixante dernières années une documentation riche,
abondante et variée. La diversité de ce patrimoine archéologique
illustre, sur plusieurs millénaires, l'histoire des régions littorales
françaises et leur rôle d'interface entre monde méditerranéen et
continent européen. A l'inverse du patrimoine terrestre, ces vestiges,
pourtant témoins et acteurs de l'identité méditerranéenne, sont souvent
invisibles ou inaccessibles, immergés, fragiles, en proie aux pillages
et aux destructions.
Atlas Préhistorique de la Tunisie
at the Institut National du Patrimoine, Tunisie
Two additional fascicles are available at the digital library of the École Française de Rome
Atlas préhistorique de la Tunisie. 1. Tabarka. 1985.
Atlas préhistorique de la Tunisie. 2. Bizerte. 1985.
The Archaeological Sites of the Aegean Minoans
The Aegean Minoan 3D GIS Project was initiated in 2007 to produce a three-dimensional (3D) full-color mapping of
the archaeological sites of the Minoans in the Aegean Sea area using Google Earth. It is intended to be a definitive
geographical reference available to everyone. While this is an ongoing project and we are always looking to improve
it, thanks to the many contributing scholars and volunteers it is by far the most comprehensive and accurate mapping
of its kind ever made and includes the sites and geographical features listed below.
Benthos: Digital Atlas of Ancient Waters beta version
Benthos is a new initiative of the Ancient World Mapping Center that
aims to catalog and map the waters of the ancient Mediterranean basin,
including both physical and cultural geography. The project will provide
interactive maps of Mediterranean shipping networks, bathymetric data, and views of ancient coastlines. Currently the project is in a preliminary state, with a functional beta version of the application based off of Antiquity À-la-carte.
Click here ... in order to launch the map application. This application works best with Firefox, Chrome, or Safari and currently does not work correctly with Internet Explorer.
The Big Ancient Mediterranean
BAM was developed at the University of Iowa by Paul Dilley (University
of Iowa), Sarah E. Bond (University of Iowa), and Ryan Horne (UNC-Chapel
Hill). The open-access project integrates GIS tools, network analysis,
and textual annotation/data mining capabilities in order to allow the
exploration and visualization of ancient texts in new ways. The first
individual module within Big Ancient Mediterranean is called Terra
Biblica. Terra Biblica is a tool for the geospatial analysis, literary
network visualization, and plot mapping of biblical and related texts up
to the year 337 CE. BAM also houses the Iowa Canon of Latin
Authors. The Iowa Canon of Latin Authors and Works is a catalogue and
information repository for all extant Latin authors and their writings,
including fragmentary texts, as well as translations into Latin, from
the earliest period through the seventh century CE.
Carta Archeologica di Roma
On-line la Carta Archeologica di Roma
E' consultabile sulla piattaforma web il lavoro preparatorio della Carta Archeologica di Roma,
conservato nel patrimonio documentario dell'Archivio Storico a Palazzo
Altemps, edito sotto forma di ebook a cura di Luigia Attilia.
La carte nationale des sites archéologiques et des monuments historiques : feuilles 1/50 000
Responsable Scientifique et Administratif : Mustapha KHANOUSSI
Responsable NTIC : Ali DABBAGHI
1. Nature: Projet présidentiel
2. Références
- décision du Conseil Ministériel Restreint
sous la présidence de son Excellence le Président de la République du
21 Juillet 1991.
- décret n°1443-1992 du 03 août 1992
. Cadre général
Malgré la diversité des projets d'inventaire dès la fin du
XIX ème siècle, il n'y a pas encore un inventaire général et exhaustif
des sites archéologiques, des monuments historiques et du patrimoine
vernaculaire.
4. Contenu
La
carte nationale des sites archéologiques et des monuments historiques a
vu ses objectifs clairement précisés par le décret n°1443-1992 daté du 3
août 1992 :
Article premier. – Il est institué une
carte nationale des sites archéologiques et des monuments historiques en
terre et en mer dans le but d’établir l’inventaire général des lieux et
édifices qui constituent une partie du patrimoine culturel national.
Article 2. – Pour le recensement des sites et des monuments, il sera procédé à l’établissement et à l’impression des documents suivants :
- carte au 1/50 000e comportant la localisation des sites
- plan au 1/2000 comportant la localisation des monuments et des tissus urbains traditionnels.
- fichier comportant une description des sites et des monuments, une
évaluation des superficies, une couverture photographique et, dans la
mesure du possible, une enquête foncière préliminaire. »
CHARDA-Xplore
We are happy about your interest at CHARDA-Xplore.
In the following you will get some short information about the project.
The Chinese Archaeology Database (CHARDA-Xplore) began as part of the research project
'Chinese Metal' (CHIME),
located in the research-cluster 2 of the DAI, and was originally designed to collect and document the available information
on early Chinese metal finds.
CHARDA-Xplore basically serves as a collection of standardized and geo-referenced archaeological information, providing the
possibility to analyze these data statistically and to map spatial and temporal distribution patterns.
China Historical GIS
The China Historical Geographic Information System, CHGIS,
project was launched in January 2001 to establish a database of
populated places and historical administrative units for the period of
Chinese history between 221 BCE and 1911 CE. CHGIS provides a base GIS
platform for researchers to use in spatial analysis, temporal
statistical modeling, and representation of selected historical units as
digital maps.
Corona Atlas & Referencing System
CORONA is the codename for the United States’ first photographic spy
satellite mission, in operation from 1960-1972. During that time,
CORONA satellites took high-resolution images of most of the earth’s
surface, with particular emphasis on Soviet bloc countries and other
political hotspots in order to monitor military sites and produce maps
for the Department of Defense. The more than 800,000 images collected
by the CORONA missions remained classified until 1995 when an executive
order by President Bill Clinton made them publicly available through the
US Geological Survey.
Because CORONA images preserve a high-resolution picture of the world
as it existed in the 1960s, they constitute a unique resource for
researchers and scientists studying environmental change, agriculture,
geomorphology, archaeology and other fields.
Descriptio Romae
L'immagine che gli studiosi hanno di Roma è quella del luogo, per eccellenza, depositario di valori artistico-architettonici
di primaria importanza, meta di ogni viaggio (reale o intellettuale)
che a quei valori voglia attingere. Paradossalmente la conoscenza della
città è resa problematica proprio in ragione della straordinaria
estensione del suo patrimonio e della altrettanto vasta - e non
coordinata - diffusione delle relative fonti documentarie.
Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization (DARMC)
The
Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization
(DARMC) makes freely available on the internet the best
available materials for a Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
approach to mapping and spatial analysis of the Roman and medieval
worlds. DARMC allows innovative spatial and temporal
analyses of all aspects of the civilizations of western Eurasia in
the first 1500 years of our era, as well as the generation of
original maps illustrating differing aspects of ancient and
medieval civilization. A work in progress with no claim to
definitiveness, it has been built in less than three years by a
dedicated team of Harvard undergraduates, graduate students,
research scholars and one professor, with some valuable
contributions from younger and more senior scholars at other
institutions. For more details on who we are, please see the People
page...
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
Johan Åhlfeldt, Lund, Sweden.
The Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land
The Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land (DAAHL) is an
international project that brings together experts in information
technology including Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the
archaeology of the Holy Land (modern Israel, Palestine, Jordan, southern
Lebanon, Syria and the Sinai Peninsula) to create the first on-line
digital atlas of the region held sacred to the three great monotheistic
faiths - Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Using the power of spatial
information systems such as Google Maps and Google Earth, GIS, the tens
of thousands of recorded archaeological sites for the region - from the
remote prehistoric periods to the early 20th century - will be entered
into a comprehensive database along with site maps, photographs and
artifacts. The historical and archaeological content for this project
will be developed by a team of over 30 international scholars working in
the region, helping to provide the data used to create the Atlas. This
website and its content will serve as the prototype "knowledge node" of
a more comprehensive Digital Archaeological Atlas Network for the
Mediterranean region.
Digital Augustan Rome
Digital Augustan Rome is a long term mapping project that is
prepared to provide a worthy digital successor to the published book and
maps of Mapping Augustan Rome that appeared as Supplement 50 in the Journal of Roman Archaeology
Series, 2002. The volume was directed by Lothar Haselberger in
collaboration with David Gilman Romano and edited by Elisha Dumser. The
entries were written by over 12 authors.
The Digital Gazetteer of the Song Dynasty
A digital history project at the University of California, Merced
In 1958, Sinologist Hope Wright published a work entitled An Alphabetical List of Geographical Names in Sung China.
Originally published in Paris by the Centre de Recherches Historiques
of the École Pratique des Hautes Études, and reprinted as a
second-generation photocopy in 1992 by the Journal of Song-Yuan Studies,
the Alphabetical List is now out of print.
Wright’s compilation is the most comprehensive print source for Song geography in any language. The Digital Gazetteer of Song Dynasty China (DGSD) is a MySQL database derived primarily from the Alphabetical List.
The project is described in this article. The digital map has been created by Johan Åhlfeldt with support from the Pelagios project.
Digitale Topographie der Stadt Rom
Chrystina Häuber
Die Klassische Archäologin Dr. Chrystina Häuber (jetzt Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
[LMU] München, Department für Geographie) und der Geograph und Programmierer Dr. Franz Xaver
Schütz (Hochschule München, Fakultät für Geoinformation und FORTVNA Research Center
for Archaeological Information Systems Regensburg) haben die Forschungsprojekte
"FORTVNA" (1994-2001) und "The Eastern Part of the Mons Oppius in Rome" (2001-2003) gemeinsam
durchgeführt. Im Forschungsprojekt "FORTVNA" haben sie das gleichnamige objektorientierte
Informationssystem zur Erforschung der Topographie des antiken Rom entwickelt, während das
Forschungsprojekt "The Eastern Part of the Mons Oppius in Rome" nach dem
Untersuchungsgebiet auf dem Esquilin in Rom benannt war, an dem sie das Informationssystem
"FORTVNA" erprobt haben. Um die erzielten Resultate in Karten umzusetzen, begannen sie
2003 mit dem laufenden Forschungsprojekt "AIS ROMA"...
Egyptian Antiquities Information System Newsletter
Egyptian
Antiquities Information System is the official Geographic Information
System (GIS) department of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA),
the government institution responsible for protecting Egyptian
archaeological sites. EAIS collaborates with a large number of national
and international stakeholders to develop Cultural Resource Management
in Egypt and facilitate site management and protection.
EurAtlas: History and Geography of Europe
Euratlas is a website
dedicated mainly to the historical geography of Europe but it offers
also a world atlas and a wide collection of pictures in order to give a
comprehensive view of history and geography.
Our continent is presented here as a wide cultural area limited north by
degree 60, east by the Ural - Caspian - Zagros line, south by the
Sahara and west by the Atlantic Ocean...
FastiOnline: A database of archaeological excavations since the year 2000
Between 1946 and 1987 the
International Association for Classical Archaeology (AIAC) published
the Fasti Archaeologici. It contained very useful summary notices of
excavations throughout the area of the Roman Empire. However, spiraling
costs and publication delays combined to render it less and less
useful. AIACs board of directors thus decided in 1998 to discontinue
the publication and to seek a new way of recording and diffusing new
results. The Fasti Online is the result of this effort.
GapVis BETA
Overview
GapVis is an interface for exploring and reading texts that
reference ancient places. It includes maps and data visualizations that
show what locations are referred to a different points in the narrative
and allows you to dig into the details to learn more.
Geodia
GeoDia (jee-oh-DEE-uh, short for "geodiachronicity") is
intended to provide a simple, intuitive way for people to visualize the
temporal, geographic, and material aspects of ancient Mediterranean
civilizations. Enter GeoDia >>
GIS Center Newsletter
Egyptian Minister
of State for Antiquities (MSA), Geographic Information System Center
The GIS Center was founded to improve SCA's ability to protect and
manage archaeological sites. This goal was achieved by creating a system
for identification of the location and characteristics of
archaeological sites and to record them in a searchable GIS and
database. The information is then transferred to targeted stakeholders,
which enables them to take the existence and significance of these sites
into consideration in all conservation, land management and planning,
and related socio-economic activities...
GIS in Archaeology: The Complete Guide
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are tools for the input, analysis
and output of spatial data. Geographers initially used these tools for
resource management purposes (Burrough 1986). Over the last decade, GIS
applications have revolutionized many disciplines in many ways (Marble,
1990), though some disciplines adopted them earlier than others. In the
field of archeology, GIS has barely reached the end of the experimental
stage. Although it was used fairly regularly in the early 1980?s,
(Kvamme, 1996) its present utilization has dramatically increased. At
the time this paper was written, over 500 archaeologists worldwide were
registered GIS users with the online database "GIS-using
archaeologists", developed byPaul Miller and Ian Johnson in 1995. It is
suspected that the actual number of GIS users in the archaeology circle
is substantially higher.
GlobalXplorer°
GlobalXplorer°
is an online platform that uses the power of the crowd to analyze the
incredible wealth of satellite images currently available to
archaeologists. Launched by 2016 TED Prize winner and National
Geographic Fellow, Dr. Sarah Parcak, as her “wish for the world,”
GlobalXplorer° aims to bring the wonder of archaeological discovery to
all, and to help us better understand our connection to the past. So
far, Dr. Parcak’s techniques have helped locate 17 potential pyramids,
in addition to 3,100 potential forgotten settlements and 1,000 potential
lost tombs in Egypt — and she's also made significant discoveries in
the Viking world and Roman Empire. With the help of citizen scientists
across the globe, she hopes to uncover much, much more. This is just the
beginning. With additional funding, Dr. Parcak aims to revolutionize
how modern archaeology is done altogether, by creating a global network
of citizen explorers, opening field schools to guide archaeological
preservation on the ground, developing an archaeological institute, and
even launching a satellite designed with archaeology in mind.
Google Ancient Places
The Web is seeing an explosion of digitized material being made
freely and openly available online. Google Books alone has some 12
million books in over 300 languages; but other collections, such as the
Open Library and the Hathi Trust, are also making accessible texts, many
of which were previously available only in prestigious university
libraries. But the challenge is: What’s there? And how can it be used?
With funding from Google’s Digital Humanities Research Awards,
the Google Ancient Places (GAP) project addresses these two primary
concerns of discovery and usability using ancient world places as the
target information that we want to able to find and visualize. We call
this automated process the ‘there and back again’ principle: it’s not
enough to empower users to discover ancient places in large text
corpora; we also allow users to move back again to find the books that
refer to them.
Heritage Gazetteer of Cyprus
Welcome to the Heritage Gazetteer for Cyprus (HGC).
Cyprus has played an important role in the history of many cultures. It
has been described in many languages and several different alphabets,
over several millennia. This can make identification of places
difficult; and it means that interesting historical information may be
dispersed, and hard to access.
The overall aim of this project, therefore, is to facilitate the use
of a wide range of expertise in recording the historic geography of
Cyprus; the resource has been designed to record all locations/monuments
attested as in use in any period up to 1882, and all names used for
these locations on the island, in any language or period up to the
establishment of standard reference systems. Modern administrative
districts are named according to the Οδηγός Τυποποίησης Ονομάτων (Nicosia, 2007, available online). Modern toponyms are given in the form used in the Complete Gazetteer of Cyprus (Nicosia, 1987, pp 1-1301 available online: see also the list of Towns and Villages of Cyprus, pp. 1303-1669).
Heritage Gazetteer of Libya
The Heritage Gazetteer of Libya is designed to provide a tool for
exploring the rich historic heritage of Libya, based on the work of
members of the Society for Libyan Studies. The core data are drawn from
the publications of the Society, including two guidebooks to
Tripolitania (2009) and Cyrenaica (2013) by Philip Kenrick; further
information is being added from the Archives of the Society, and from
other publications by members.
Hestia
Hestia uses a range of digital technologies as part of a blended, innovative approach to studying the geography of Herodotus’s Histories. Using a freely available digital text of Herodotus from the Perseus on-line library, Hestia
captures all place-names mentioned in the narrative, organises that
information in a database, and then explores those spatial relations
through a series of mapping applications, such as GIS, GoogleEarth and
the Narrative TimeMap. Our work both challenges the usual division
between East and West by bringing to light the deep network culture that
underpins the Histories, and finds ways of bringing Herodotus's world into people's homes.
Hierokles: Synekdemos
Ryan Horne
Application Information
Early in the reign of Justinian, an otherwise unidentified author named Hierokles composed the Synekdemos, a sprawling list of the provinces and major cities of the Eastern Roman Empire. Containing nearly a thousand toponyms, the Synekdemos
is an unparalleled source on the geography of the Byzantine world. It
not only indicates the administrative divisions of Justinian’s time, but
also suggests what places, in the view of one educated Roman,
“mattered” in the early 6th century CE.
Holy Land Maps from the Eran Laor Cartographic Collection
The Holy Land has been the subject of a relatively large number of maps,
chiefly due to its religious importance. Some of the earliest maps
reflected ancient traditions of mapping such as that of Ptolemy; others
were meant to illustrate the Holy Scriptures. Some maps were printed
separately; while others were published as part of atlases, itineraries
and travel books. Owners who could afford the expense added coloring to
their maps.
The Interactive Nolli Map
The
Nolli Web Site presents the 1748 Nolli map of Rome
as a dynamic, interactive, hands-on tool. The
public now has access to cataloged information about the
map in both written and graphical form. The map not only provides
rich information, but it has the ability to be
updated with new data over time to embrace
expanding knowledge.
iDAI.gazetteer
Der iDAI.gazetteer ist ein Werkzeug, um die Ortsdaten-Struktur
innerhalb des DAI sukzessive zu optimieren, d. h. sowohl die Zahl der
mit Ortsdaten versehenen Informationsobjekte zu erhöhen, diese dann in
die weltweiten Ortsdatensysteme einzubinden, und auch die im DAI schon
vorhandenen Informationsobjekte mit Ortsdaten zu vereinheitlichen. Der
iDAI.gazetteer ist somit der Auftakt zu einem großen, neuen
Querschnitts-Arbeitsfeld.
Irancarto
Irancarto est un site de recherche consacré
aux études cartographiques sur l’Iran et le monde iranien actuel ou
passé : société, démographie, économie, politique, culture, histoire,
linguistique, arts, villes, campagnes...
kmz files from Knowledge and Power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire
Knowledge and Power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire includes a collection of teaching resources. Among these are:
MAGIS: Mediterranean Archaeology GIS
Welcome to MAGIS, an inventory of regional survey projects in the greater
Mediterranean region
Mapping the Ancient Jewish Diaspora: 117-650 ce
מיפוי התפוצה היהודית בשלהי העת העתיקה 117-650 לס'
This project aim to construct an interactive website that will map the Jewish Diaspora in the late antiquity.
The
terminus a quo for the proposed research is the Diaspora uprisings
against Trajan (115–117) and the ensuing shifts in Jewish life, one of
which was the harsh blows experienced by some of the major centers of
Jewish settlement in the Diaspora, first and foremost, the Jews of
Alexandria and its environs, and the Jews of Cyrenaica and Cyprus.
Maps for Texts
In this series, the Center compiles maps for ancient texts which can
be usefully illustrated in this way. Naturally, the likelihood is that
in most, perhaps all, instances these texts were not originally
accompanied by maps. The series is openly licensed under Creative
Commons BY-NC 4.0. Please direct all questions or comments to awmc@unc.edu.
Maps of the Ottoman Empire
The W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) in
Jerusalem in cooperation with the Center for Ancient Middle Eastern
Landscapes (CAMEL) at the University of Chicago scanned and
geo-referenced a series of topographical maps of Eastern Turkey and the
lands of the broader Ottoman Empire with a grant from the US Department
of Education TICFIA program. The bulk of the collection contains
topographical maps compiled at the British Intelligence Division War
Office in 1915 derived from map and survey data collected during
multiple expeditions 1839-1906. The collection contains high resolution
copies of the original maps held by AIAR, and geo-referenced versions
can be requested by contacting
dlir@caorc.org.
Maps: Syria 1:50.000 Series K 723, Ed 1 DMA/AMS Washington DC.
Digitized at Arachne, the central Object database of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and the Archaeological Institute of the University of Cologne, administrated by Reinhard Foertsch.
Mapping the Jewish Communities of the Byzantine Empire
The aim of the project is to map the Jewish presence in the Byzantine empire using GIS (Geographical Information Systems).
All information (published and unpublished) about the Jewish communities will be gathered and collated.
The data will be incorporated in a GIS which will be made freely available to the general public on the world-wide-web.
The Mediterranean Archaeological Network (MedArchNet)
Our vision for MedArchNet (The Mediterranean Archaeological
Network) is to develop an international network of archaeological sites,
from remote prehistory
to the early 20th century that provides a model for world
cultural heritage research, management, and presentation. MedArchNet is
a virtual organization (VO),
which will be built initially in small, incremental steps by
incorporating a few thematic nodes and requesting VO members to make
modest contributions
of data. This prototype represents a shared vision of what
MedArchNet can become--a network of archaeological site data spanning
the Mediterranean basin
that will empower archaeologists, historians, cultural resource
managers and the public with tools to conduct cross-regional studies in
ways that have never
before been possible, while providing methods for monitoring site
conditions and planning for infrastructure development that minimizes
adverse effects on
archaeological sites.
MEGA-Jordan: The National Heritage Documentation and Management System
A State-of-the-Art System for Jordan’s Archaeological Sites
MEGA-Jordan is a purpose-built geographic
information system (GIS) to inventory and manage archaeology sites at a
national level. It has been developed using state-of-the-art technology
and requires no more than basic computer skills to enter site and site
element boundaries and buffer zones; site details such as condition,
threats, and other monitoring updates; and to print out detailed,
up-to-date reports on Jordan’s vast number of archaeological sites. The
system, in both Arabic and English, is web-based and will standardize
and centralize data throughout the Kingdom.
Mapping Mediterranean Lands (MEDMAPS)
Mapping Mediterranean Lands (MEDMAPS) showcases
sixteen important early maps and related information from the
collections of American centers for international research in the
Mediterranean region. As part of the Digital Library for International Research, under the aegis of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers,
this three-year project completed a comprehensive survey of maps in the
collections of American research centers in the Mediterranean area and
created web-accessible bibliographic records. In addition, this site
includes information about unique maps and illustrated plates in atlases
and other publications relating to archaeological excavation and
exploration.
Mapping Mediterranean Lands is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of State, Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA), 2002-2005.
The three-year survey was conducted by the project's Head Cartographer,
Leonora Navari, in cooperation with the American centers for
international research. Ms. Navari also wrote the exhibition essays and
other project notes.
The Via Appia, ‘Queen of Roads’, became a
hallmark of the political and cultural presentation of the city of Rome
as the centre of the then existing world, and is still seen as an
iconic monument of ancient Rome. Since 2009 the department of Classical
Archaeology of the Radboud University Nijmegen has started a field work
project in close collaboration with the Royal Netherlands Institute in
Rome, named ‘Mapping the Via Appia’. The project aims at a thorough
inventory and analysis of the Roman interventions in their suburban
landscape, focusing on parts of the 5th and 6th mile of the road. The
stretch starts where the modern Via di Erode Attico crosses the Via
Appia antica and ends at the point where the Via di Casal Rotondo
crosses the ancient road. Other partners are the Faculty of Earth and
Life Sciences and the SPINlab of the VU University Amsterdam, and the
Soprintendenza Speciale per I Beni Archeologici di Roma.
Moldovan Family Holy Land Map Collection
The Moldovan family Holy Land Map Collection was built over several
decades by Dr. Alfred Moldovan and his family. It consists of 94
discrete maps dating from 1480-1797, printed in 23 distinct locations
across Europe. The majority of the maps were printed in the 17th and
18th centuries in Amsterdam, Antwerp, Basel, Lyon, Paris, Rome,
Strassburg, Tuebingen, and Venice. There are over fifty cartographers
and engravers represented, including Adrichem, Bunting, Calmet, Hole,
Mercator, Munster, Ortelius, Visscher, Wit, and Ziegler. It also
features the unique surviving copy of Antonio De Angelis’s map of Jerusalem,
printed in Rome in 1578. The map, the first view of Jerusalem based on
direct observation and a key source for subsequent Holy Land
cartography, was discovered by Dr. Moldovan and subsequently published
in a study by him in 1983 in an article entitled “The Lost De Angelis
Map of Jerusalem, 1578" in The Map Collector vol. 24 (1983), 17-25,
http://www.artwis.com/articles/the-lost-de-angelis-map-of-jerusalem-1578/ )
Monuments of the Hittites
Monuments
of the Hittites is an experimental site prepared totally as a hobby.
My aim is to build a page with references to all major Hittite
monuments. The locations listed below are the sites that has one or
more monument belonging to the times of Hittite civilization. The text
list below divides the sites in to two groups by date. This is
definetely not a complete list, nor the listed sites may have complete
information. Some pages are still missing information or images. I will
continue to update the pages with more information. I would appreciate
any comments, feedback, and information. -Tayfun Bilgin
New Online Repository of Maps and Geospatial Data for the Middle East
December 13, 2016
The Center for Ancient Middle Eastern Landscapes
(CAMEL Lab) at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
would like to announce that a substantial subset of its digital holdings
of maps and geospatial data are now available for online public search
and download.
Thanks to the funding of a 2014-2016 IMLS grant, geo-referenced
versions of historical and modern maps and satellite imagery have been
included in the Oriental Institute’s ever-expanding Integrated Database,
available on the Search Our Collections webpage. To access maps and geospatial data specifically, choose “CAMEL” from the first drop-down list.
Nubian Gazetteer: KML file download
Salvoldi, Daniele; Geus,
Klaus: A Historical Comparative Gazetteer for Nubia. In: Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies 4 (Summer 2017), 59–182 [ISBN-13:
978-1-947447-20-2; free pdf in open access under https://punctumbooks.com/titles/dotawo-a-journal-of-nubian-studies-4/]. With sixteen colour maps.
Here is the basic .kml file for download. Please share and let's make it standard!
Old Maps Online: Discovering the Cartography of the Past
The OldMapsOnline Portal is an easy-to-use gateway to historical maps in libraries around the world.
OmnesViae: Roman Routeplanner: a reconstruction of an antique Roman map with internet technology
OmnesViae.org is an initiative by René Voorburg. It is born out of a
fascination for the culture of the ancient Romans. OmnesViae wouldn't
have been possible without Richard Talbert's research work on the Tabula Peutingeriana.
Between March and September 2011, I've spent hundreds of hours of scarce
spare time creating OmnesViae. Therefor I would like to thank my wife
Mariet above all for her patience with my obsessive zeal.
OmnesViae is not just the work of one person. The website http://www.tabula-peutingeriana.de/
by Martin Weber proved to be a useful reference and a handy source for
current day place names. The geolocations in OmnesViae are for a large
part obtained from the Pleiades initiative.
Many people gave me feedback or helped me with translations. I
particularly would like to thank Maria Tzaneti, Marlene Sturm, Tim
Koster, Martin Weber, Hans de Bode, Ben Mugnier, Eric Rulier, Wouter
Kool, Aad Oliehoek and Claude Chauviere.
British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine, prepared by the British Mandate for UN prior to proposing the 1947 partition plan
This
is the official books produced by Government of Palestinian (British
Mandate) for the years of 1944-1945 which was prepared by the British
Mandate for the United Nation Special Committee on Palestine
(UNSCOP) in 1946. These three volumes contain a wealth of information about Palestine until the end of 1946...
On-line Geographical Information System for the Theban Necropolis (OLGIS-TN)
The Theban Necropolis Geological Mapping Project of the University of Charleston and the Serapis Research Institute announces the creation of the On-line Geographical Information System for the Theban Necropolis (OLGIS-TN), a pilot project sponsored, in part, by the College of Charleston Santee-Cooper Geographic Information Systems Laboratory.
It functions as an Internet clearing house to which scholars of the
Theban necropolis can retrieve and contribute relevant data related to
the cemeteries of ancient Thebes (located on the West Bank of modern
Luxor, Egypt).
Orbis Latinus Online (OLO) beta
Orbis Latinus Online (OLO) is based on the three-part print publication of Orbus Latinus from 1972.
This online resource allows you to find the modern equivalent of
latin place names, as well as the latin names of modern places.
"Modern" is relative, because the geographical descriptors may date back
to the original time of writing. More information on this may be found
in the editorial notice of the digitised version of Orbus Latinus at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich.
ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
reconstructs the time cost and financial expense associated with a wide
range of different types of travel in antiquity. The model is based on a
simplified version of the giant network of cities, roads, rivers and
sea lanes that framed movement across the Roman Empire. It broadly
reflects conditions around 200 CE but also covers a few sites and roads
created in late antiquity.
The model consists of 751 sites, most of them urban settlements but
also including important promontories and mountain passes, and covers
close to 10 million square kilometers (~4 million square miles) of
terrestrial and maritime space. 268 sites serve as sea ports. The road
network encompasses 84,631 kilometers (52,587 miles) of road or desert
tracks, complemented by 28,272 kilometers (17,567 miles) of navigable
rivers and canals.
PADIS: Palestine Archaeological Databank and Information System
A tool for protection, study and valorization of the Archaeological Heritage of Palestine
- A coherent organization of archaeological and topographical data from Palestine.
- An interactive databank created to prompt the
safeguard of archaeological and historical sites and as scientific and
practical tool for the protection, study and cultural valorization.
- A database including satellite images, aerial photos, excavation photos, topographic maps, and updated bibliographic references, expandable with the cooperation of Palestinian scholars and institutions.
Pelagios: Enable Linked Ancient Geodata In Open Systems
PELAGIOS stands for 'Pelagios: Enable Linked Ancient Geodata In Open Systems' - its aim is to help introduce Linked Open Data goodness
into online resources that refer to places in the Ancient World. Why do
we want to do that? Well, we think it will make all sorts of other
things possible, including new modes of discovery and visualization for scholars and the general public. Pelagios
also means 'of the sea', the superhighway of the ancient world - a
metaphor we consider appropriate for a digital resource that will
connect references to ancient places.
Piggin Peutinger Diagram
The most famous map in the world is the Tabula Peutingeriana, a Roman chart of roads and seas. In 2007, UNESCO placed it
on its Memory of the World Register, a global list of 301 documents (as
of 2013) which are irreplaceable to comprehend our recent and distant
past.
Pleiades
Springing from the Classical Atlas Project and the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World,
Pleiades is a historical gazetteer and more. It associates names and
locations in time and provides structured information about the quality
and provenance of these entities. There is also a graph in Pleiades:
names and locations are collected within places and these collections
are associated with other geographically connected places. Pleiades also
serves as a vocabulary for talking about the geography of the ancient
world within Linked Data sets and is referenced by research projects
such as Google Ancient Places and PELAGIOS.
Pompeii Bibliography and Mapping Project
The Pompeii Bibliography and Mapping Project is working to create a
unique resource that binds two resources in a responsive online user
interface. The first component is an exhaustive database of citations and full-text repository relating to the ancient city of Pompeii. The second component is a Geographical Information System (GIS) map of
that ancient city. Both of these components are available in their
beta formats. The online interface planned will allow a user to navigate
the bibliographic database and repository via the GIS map or,
conversely, to illustrate places in the GIS map found in a search of the
database or repository. These components are described in greater
detail in the following sections.
POTSHERD : Atlas of Roman Pottery
This
is a collection of pages on pottery and ceramics in archaeology,
principally of the Roman period (1st cent. BC - 5th cent. AD) in
Britain and western Europe.
- The pages include an introductory Atlas of Roman Pottery,
containing descriptions and distribution maps of types of
Roman pottery (particularly types found in Britain).
- The pages of the Atlas describing the individual wares can be accessed through the main menu, which lists the wares by CLASS (table wares, cooking wares, transport amphoras etc) or SOURCE (by province of origin). Links to these indices will also be found in the main menu bar.
Proxeny Networks of the Ancient World (a database of proxeny networks of the Greek city-states)
About
PNAW is a database of evidence for a particular kind of social
networking between Greek city-states in the Ancient Greek world, known
as proxeny (Greek: proxenia). It enables this material to be used to
visualise the highly-fragmented political geography of the ancient world
during the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, and to get a
sense of how densely and intensely interconnected were the states which
made it up.
QuarryScapes Atlas
The QuarryScapes Atlas displays a variety of ancient quarry
landscapes. The purpose of the atlas is first of all to show the great
variability of such landscapes and introducing them with photos and few
words. The atlas will be further developed, and hopefully evolve to a
comprehensive web-book with contributions from many researchers. In this
first edition of the atlas we have picked 15 quarry landscapes; most of
them in the project region, but also a few outside. Collectively, these
15 sites display a broad range of quarry landscapes; different periods
and historical settings, different geology, morphology and climate.
Also, they are in different stages of development as cultural heritage
sites, from “unknown and remote” to outdoor museums.
Recogito: Linked Data annotation without the pointy brackets
Recogito is an initative by Pelagios
Commons, developed under the leadership of the
Austrian Institute of Technology,
Lancaster University and
The Open University, with funding
from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Recogito is provided as Open Source software, under the terms of the
Apache 2 license.
It can be downloaded free of charge for self-hosting from our
GitHub repository.
Pelagios Commons offers free access to a hosted version of the software at
recogito.pelagios.org in the spirit of
open data and as an act of collegiality. Please refer to our Terms and
Conditions of Use for information.
Register of Ancient Geographic Entities (RAGE)
A cooperative effort to provide the infrastructure for cross-project
placname searches and interactive online mapping applications.
Regnum Francorum Online — interactive maps and sources of early medieval Europe 614-840
This is a website about visualizing early medieval Europe 614-840 on
maps. Here you will find interactive maps of the Frankish kingdom,
activities of Merovingian and Carolingian kings, donations of the
nobility and development of the property of monasteries and other
institutions.
The locations on the map are clickable and connected to quotes from,
and references to primary sources and literature.
Simply click on a location and discover which sources are available on
this site and on the internet for a particular city.
There is an overview of the interactive maps in the Gallery section, intended as a starting point if you are new to this website.
Resources for Teaching Ancient Geography
From History From Below: Musings on Daily Life in the Ancient and Early Medieval Mediterranean By Sarah E. Bond
Roman Roads and Milestones in Judaea/Palaestina
In 1970 The Israel Milestone Committee (IMC) was formed by Mordechai
Gichon as a branch of the International Curatorium of the Corpus
Miliariorum. The aim of the committee was to assemble, study and prepare
for publication the milestones inscriptions found in Israel. The IMC
also intended to carry out a systematic survey of all the extant remains
related to roads, in order to provide a comprehensive picture of the
Roman road network in Israel. For almost 40 years the Committee's field
and research work was led by Israel Roll and Benjamin Isaac together
with other scholars.
The Romans: From Village to Empire: A History of Rome from Earliest Times to the End of the Western Empire (2nd edition; 2011)
A second edition of Mary T. Boatwright, Daniel J. Gargola, Noel Lenski, Richard J. A. Talbert The Romans: From Village to Empire: A History of Rome from Earliest Times to the End of the Western Empire has
appeared from Oxford University Press (2011). The following list
provides access to digital (.pdf) versions of the maps that appear in
the text. As the files are large, we recommend that you right click the
link below the thumbnail and save a local copy..
ROMAQ: The Atlas Project of Roman Aqueducts
Roman aqueducts are amongst the most impressive and interesting
structures that have survived from the Ancient World. Although aqueduct
bridges such as the Pont du Gard are best known, roman aqueducts are
complex water supply line systems that are impressive feats of
engineering even by today's standards. Some of the aqueducts are simple
water channels, but many contain complex structures such as inverted
siphons, tunnels, basins and drop shafts while the channels themselves
can be up to 240 km in length. Over 1400 roman aqueducts have been
described in the Mediterranean basin and the aim of this website is to
present the available corpus of literature on the subject in a
systematic way. Besides available literature on each aqueduct, we aim to
present summarised data on each aqueduct. However, this is a project in
development, and it will take time to add new data and publications,
and to update content.
Rome’s World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered
The Peutinger Map is the only map of the Roman world to come down to us
from antiquity. An elongated object full of colorful detail and
featuring land routes across Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, it
was mysteriously rediscovered around 1500 and then came into the
ownership of Konrad Peutinger, for whom it is named. Today it is among
the treasures of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. Richard J. A.
Talbert’s Rome’s World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered offers a
long overdue reinterpretation and appreciation of the map as a
masterpiece of both mapmaking and imperial Roman ideology...
Stanford Digital Forma Urbis Romae Project
This
site is dedicated to exploring the Forma Urbis Romae, or Severan Marble
Plan of Rome. This enormous map, measuring ca. 18.10 x 13 meters (ca.
60 x 43 feet), was carved between 203-211 CE and covered an entire wall
inside the Templum Pacis in Rome. It depicted the groundplan of every
architectural feature in the ancient city, from large public monuments
to small shops, rooms, and even staircases. For more information about
the map itself, go to the Map page.
The Syriac Gazetteer
Editors: Thomas A. Carlson (Princeton University) and David A. Michelson (Vanderbilt University)
The Syriac Gazetteer is a geographical reference work of Syriaca.org
for places relevant to Syriac studies. It is growing
from an initial publication of over two thousand place records.
TerraWatchers: Crowd Sourced Satellite Image Analysis
TerraWatchers
is dedicated to providing web-based, crowdsourced satellite image
monitoring and overwatch tools for critical missions related to current
events. We use interactive Google Maps© interfaces to display the latest
freely available, high-resolution satellite imagery in our mission
footprints.
Theban Mapping Project
Since its inception in 1978, the Theban Mapping Project (TMP, now
based at the American University in Cairo) has been working to prepare a
comprehensive archaeological database of Thebes. With its thousands of
tombs and temples, Thebes is one of the world's most important
archaeological zones. Sadly, however, it has not fared well over the
years. Treasure-hunters and curio-seekers plundered it in the past;
pollution, rising ground water, and mass-tourism threaten it in the
present. Even early archaeologists destroyed valuable information in
their search for museum-quality pieces.
Today, however, we realize that the monuments of Thebes are a finite
resource. If we fail to protect and monitor them, they will vanish, and
we and our descendants will all be the poorer. The TMP believes that the
first and most essential step in preserving this heritage is a detailed
map and database of every archaeological, geological, and ethnographic
feature in Thebes. Only when these are available can sensible plans be
made for tourism, conservation, and further study.
During the last decade, the TMP has concentrated on the Valley of the
Kings. Modern surveying techniques were used to measure its tombs. From
the data collected, the TMP is preparing 3-D computer models of the
tombs. And of course, the TMP is continuing its excavation of KV 5. For
the TMP staff, sharing their work with the interested public is just as
important as what they do in the field. This has been done through a
series of publications and this growing website.
Theban Tombs Satellite Mapping Project
Welcome to the Theban Tombs Satellite
Mapping Project! The map is designed to be an interactive experience for
users. You will be able to zoom in and out, view information about
buildings and parking lots, and print out findings. This menu is to help you to understand the functions of the map in order to provide a more fulfilling experience!
al-Thurayyā Gazetteer, Ver. 02
This is our first usable demo of al-Thurayyā Gazetteer. Currently it includes over 2,000 toponyms and almost as many route sections georeferenced from Georgette Cornu’s Atlas du monde arabo-islamique à l'époque classique: IXe-Xe siècles
(Leiden: Brill, 1983). The gazetteer is searchable (upper left corner),
although English equivalents are not yet included; in other words, look
for Dimashq/دمشق, not Damascus.
TOPOSText
TOPOSText 2.0
ToposText is an indexed collection of
ancient texts and mapped places relevant the the history and mythology
of the ancient Greeks from the Neolithic period up through the 2nd
century CE. It was inspired by two decades of exploring Greece by car,
foot, or bicycle, and by clumsy efforts to appreciate επί τόπου the
relevant information from Pausanias or other primary sources. The
development of mobile electronic devices since 2010 has coincided with
an increasingly comprehensive assortment of ancient texts available on
the internet. The digital texts I collected on an e-reader in 2012 made
clear both the pleasure of having a portable Classics library but also
the desperate need to organize the information it contained. Discovering
the Pleiades Project, with its
downloadable database of thousands of ancient place names and
coordinates, opened the door to indexing ancient texts geographically,
using a map of Greece as the basic interface.
Traveling with Pausanias: Using Google Earth to Engage Students with Ancient Maps
John Gruber-Miller
December 14th, 2012
There are several files available: Rivers of Pausanias Book 5 (including
the rivers of Arcadia, and the Jordan River), Cataracts of the Nile,
and Olympic winners named in Pausanias 5.8-9 and their hometowns. To
download the .KMZ files (in a compressed/ZIP folder), please click here.
Trismegistos Places (GEO and GEOREF
Currently 30495 place records (GEO) and 117663 place attestation records (GEOREF).
A database of places related to the ancient world
by
Trismegistos
Based on the foundations of the Fayum Project (Graeco-Roman Egypt) of
the KULeuven and the project Multilingualism and Multiculturalism in
Graeco-Roman Egypt of Cologne University.
Unlocking historic landscapes in the eastern Mediterranean
Jim Crow (University of Edinburgh) and Sam Turner (Newcastle University), 2010
In
many areas of the Eastern Mediterranean there are landscapes
exhibiting exceptional time-depth, where the historic landscape is made
up of visible features from many different periods. Our research
adapted and used a new technique developed in Britain (Historic
Landscape Characterisation - HLC) for the first time in the eastern
Mediterranean to study these landscapes. HLC is a method for mapping
the landscape that can be used to interpret how and when different
elements were created. Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) we
integrated data from historical, archaeological and other sources to
create detailed, long-term landscape histories of two case-studies
areas.
Vici.org: Archaeological Atlas of Antiquity
Vici.org is the archaeological atlas of
classical antiquity. It is a community driven archaeological map,
inspired by and modelled after Wikipedia.
The first version of Vici.org went online in May 2012.
It was preceded by a sister website Omnesviae.org,
a roman routeplanner based on the Peutinger map.
Since its start, Vici.org has grown a lot. At the time to this writing,
over 140 contributors have added nearly 20,000 locations, approximately
1,000 line tracings and over 3,000 images.
Views of Rome: Anteiquae Urbis Imago
Views of Rome is the online home of the 1773 edition of Pirro Ligorio’s Anteiquae Urbis Imago (Image of the Ancient City) held at Emory University. Originally published in 1561, the Imago
is a cartographic reconstruction of fourth-century AD Rome. A
high-resolution scan of the map exists as an interactive digital tool
for use by students in the classroom and by members of the general
public.
Virtual Cilicia Project
Surrounded by the steep Taurus and Amanus mountain ranges, the fertile alluvial plain of Cilicia Pedias in modern Turkey is
a true treasury of important monuments from numerous ages. Hittite and
Assyrian rock reliefs serve as representations of power at this
connection between Anatolia and the Levant. Since it relies on Goggle Earth,
the Virtual Cilicia Project is able to show you these monuments as well
as the ruins of Bronze and Iron Age settlements like e.g. Karatepe with its world-famous carved orthostats in their natural environments.
The West Bank and East Jerusalem Searchable Map
This collection includes lists of
archaeological sites that have been surveyed or excavated since Israel
occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967. Since that time, the
oversight of the antiquities of the area has devolved on two government
bodies: the military administration's Staff Officer for Archaeology
(SOA) in Judea and Samaria and the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).
The IAA, which is responsible for East Jerusalem, is a civil branch of
government and its records are open for inspection. Some of the records
of the Staff Officer for Archaeology in Judea and Samaria are being
accessed in full for the first time as a result of the joint
Israeli-Palestinian Archaeology Working Group. This involved a team of
Israeli and a team of Palestinian archaeologists and cultural heritage
professionals working in concert to create new data resources that
document the single, unitary archaeological landscape of the southern
Levant, which is now bisected by the modern borders.
Women of ASOR Map
The
“Women of ASOR” Map will act as a networking resource for ASOR’s
membership, as it displays the locations of professional female members
around the globe – pinpointing the universities, museums or other
organizations where they work and the sites at which they excavate...
World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS)
The World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS)
is a large database of structural (phonological, grammatical,
lexical) properties of languages gathered from descriptive
materials (such as reference grammars) by a team of 55 authors (many of them the leading authorities on the subject).
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