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9,961 sources · Websites

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Perge — Pleiades

Pleiades · 2024 · pleiades.stoa.org

Perge

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Qumran — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

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Qumran — Caves and Monastery of the Dead Sea Scrolls

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitemapcarta.com

Sagalassos Map — Mapcarta

Mapcarta · 2024 · mapcarta.com

37.67806,30.51944 verified

Sagalassos

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Sagalassos — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

UNESCO tentative and description

Sagalassos

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tel Dan — Wikipedia / IAA

Wikipedia · 2024

Tel Dan

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitecdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

Umma — CDLI provenience

CDLI · 2024 · MPIWG Berlin

Umma (Tell Jokha)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Van Fortress — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Coordinates 38.50250,43.34000 and Sarduri inscription

Van Fortress and Tushpa — Capital of Urartu

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Wadi Feynan — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Wadi Feynan and Wadi Arabah Copper Belt

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Çavuştepe — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Coordinates 38.352443,43.459393 and Sarduri II

Çavuştepe

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitebritishmuseum.org

Girsu Project — British Museum

Sébastien Rey · 2023 · British Museum

Girsu

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitestructurae.net

Hasankeyf Bridge — Structurae

Structurae · 2023 · structuræ.net

Bridge 37.71444,41.41111 verified

Hasankeyf

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitesagalassos.be

Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project

M. Waelkens · 2023 · KU Leuven

Sagalassos

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitekvmgm.ktb.gov.tr

Taş Tepeler — The Stone Hills

Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum · 2023 · Turkish Ministry of Culture

Site list includes Sefer Tepe

Sefer Tepe

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Aphrodisias — UNESCO 1519

UNESCO · 2017 · UNESCO

Aphrodisias

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Tushpa/Van Fortress — UNESCO Tentative 6114

UNESCO · 2016 · UNESCO

Van Fortress and Tushpa — Capital of Urartu

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2016Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Theatre and Aqueducts of Aspendos — UNESCO Tentative

UNESCO · 2015 · UNESCO

Aspendos

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2015Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Qumran: Caves and Monastery of the Dead Sea Scrolls — UNESCO Tentative 5707

UNESCO · 2012 · UNESCO

Coordinates N31 40 25 E35 20 53

Qumran — Caves and Monastery of the Dead Sea Scrolls

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2012Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Patara — UNESCO Tentative & Akdeniz Reports

UNESCO · 2009 · UNESCO

Patara

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2009Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Perge — UNESCO Tentative 5402

UNESCO · 2009 · UNESCO

Perge

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2009Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Biblical Tels — Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba — UNESCO 1108

UNESCO · 2005 · UNESCO

Beersheba component 1108-003 coordinates

Tel Beersheba

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2005Open source

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