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Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Nymphaion (Crimea) — Pleiades 857192 and Mapcarta 45.23661N 36.4182E

Pleiades, Mapcarta · 2022

Nymphaion — Ak-Burun Southern Harbour at Geroevka (Bosporus)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Olbia Pontica — Parutyne Northern Mole on Bug Estuary (Borysthenes) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

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Pleiades · 2022

Olbia Pontica — Parutyne Northern Mole on Bug Estuary (Borysthenes)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Patrai — Western Emporium Anchorage at Taman Strait (Western Strait) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

Pleiades · 2022

Patrai — Western Emporium Anchorage at Taman Strait (Western Strait)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitesernanp.gob.pe

Pusharo petroglyphs 12.5S 71.35W Manú Reserve — SERNANP and Vera

SERNANP · 2022

Paititi — Pusharo Ridge Western Terrace at Manú Headwaters (Madre de Dios West)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Soknopaiou Nesos Dime Fayum 29.545N 30.665E Lake Moeris — Pleiades

Pleiades · 2022

Soknopaiou Nesos — Northern Lagoon Harbour at Dime (Lake Moeris North)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Tebtunis Umm el-Baragat Fayum — Pleiades 736070

Pleiades · 2022

Tebtunis — Southern Sobek Temple Quarter at Umm el-Baragat South (Fayum South)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Toricos — Gelendzhik Roadstead Harbour at Toretae Cape (Gelendzhik East) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

Pleiades · 2022

Toricos — Gelendzhik Roadstead Harbour at Toretae Cape (Gelendzhik East)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websiteculturalheritageonline.com

Sibari Archaeological Park — CulturalHeritageOnline 39.7181N 16.4915E and 2021 GPR southern stoa

CulturalHeritageOnline, Sibari Park · 2021

Sybaris — Crati Delta Southern Stoa Buried Quarter (Sibari South)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

Websiteuniversiteitleiden.nl

Ayn Sukhna pharaonic harbour 2600–1300 BC Sinai expeditions — Leiden NVIC diary 2019

Leiden University NVIC · 2019

Ayn Sukhna — Galala Harbour at Wadi al-Jarf North Anchorage (Pharaonic)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2019Open source

Websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com

Myos Hormos - Quseir al-Qadim 26°09′12″N 34°14′40″E — Wiley Cuvigny

H. Cuvigny · 2014

Myos Hormos — Northern Anchorage at Marsa Nakari Mangrove (Marsa Alam North)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2014Open source

Websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com

Myos Hormos Quseir al-Qadim Roman Harbour 26°09′12″N — Wiley Cuvigny

H. Cuvigny · 2014

Quseir al-Qadim — Mangrove Harbour Extension at Marsa Nakari West (Leukos Limen West)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2014Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Anta da Pedra da Orca — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Anta da Pedra da Orca

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Anta de Santa Marta — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Anta de Santa Marta

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Carn Euny Iron Age Village — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Carn Euny Iron Age Village

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Castro de Viladonga — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Castro de Viladonga

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Chysauster Iron Age Village — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Chysauster Iron Age Village

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Creswell Crags — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Creswell Crags

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Cromlech da Portela de Mogos — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Cromlech da Portela de Mogos

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Dispilio Lake Settlement — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Dispilio Lake Settlement

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Embute Hillfort — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Embute Hillfort

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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