Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Ancient Locations: Database of Archaeological Sites

 [First posted in AWOL 23 August 2015, updated 9 October 2018]

Ancient Locations: Database of Archaeological Sites
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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).

There are currently 25307 placemark entries in the database. 4235 are shown on Ancient Locations (16.7 %). There are currently 129 overlay and map entries in the database. 41 are shown on Ancient Locations. (31.8 %) Those entries not shown are either under review or are not assigned to appear on Ancient Locations.
The number of database entries increases when placemarks are imported or manually added, and it decreases when duplicates or invalid enties are removed. Reviewing all the placemarks and ascertaining accurate coordinates is a slow process...


For the task of managing my Placemarks I have implemented a program, a screeshot of which you can see on the right.
This website has had 801036 visitors since June 6, 2008, which was the day it was set up.
Regions Index
Zagros, Elam, and Iran
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Kush and Aethiopia
Levant
Anatolia
Arabia
Aegean
Mediterranean
Pontus
CaucasusAfrica
Asia
AustraliaOceania
Europe
Latin America
North America
Medieval sites
Natural sites
Modern sites


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