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Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Cillium (Kasserine) — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Cillium (Kasserine)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Lamasba — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Lamasba

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Limisa (Ksar Lemsa) — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Limisa (Ksar Lemsa)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Mididi — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Mididi

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Sufes — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Sufes

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Sullecthum (Salakta) — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Sullecthum (Salakta)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Taparura — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Taparura

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Thuburbo Parvum — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Thuburbo Parvum

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Uzappa — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Uzappa

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Vescera (Biskra) — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Vescera (Biskra)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Zarai — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Zarai

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Bestansur — Wikipedia

Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Bestansur is a Neolithic tell, or archaeological settlement mound, located in Arbat Town, Sulaimaniyah province, Kurdistan Region, Iraq in the western Zagros foothills.

Bestansur

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Değirmentepe — Wikipedia

Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Değirmentepe or Değirmentepe Hüyük is an archaeological site which is located at 50 km north of the river Euphrates and at 24 km in the northeast of Malatya province in eastern Anatolia.