Pleiades Change Log: 2011-04-01 - 2011-04-31

Calavon (river)

Tributary of the Druentia river (modern Durance). Its ancient name is unknown.
Creators: Sean Gillies
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Cyrenaica (region)

An ancient region (the environs of the city of Cyrene) that lies in the eastern part of modern Libya.
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Medinet Habu

The New Kingdom mortuary temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, on the West bank of the Nile near Luxor.
Creators: Nate Nagy
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Nilus (river)

The Nile is a major river of northeastern Africa and is generally acknowledged as the longest river in the world, measuring some 6,650 km (4,130 miles) from source to mouth.
Creators: A. Bernand
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa

Trimithis

An ancient settlement of at least Roman and Late Antique date, situated in the Dakleh Oasis at a site now called Amheida.
Creators: G. Wagner, Tom Elliott
Contributors: R. Talbert, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Bruno Bazzani, Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Sean Gillies, Mark Depauw

Adramyttium

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 D2 Adramyttium
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference to current archaeology in turkey, as well as new modern toponymy.; baseline created
Actors: Tom Elliott

Apollonopolis Magna

The city of Apollonopolis Magna was located on the west bank of the Niles, south of Thebes. As the seat of Horus, Greeks regarded it as a site connected with Apollo. It served as the capital of the second nome of Upper Egypt.
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel McKee, Jonathan Fu, R. Talbert, Nate Nagy, Gabriel Bodard
Modifications: initial revision
Actors: Nate Nagy

Arabicus Sinus/Erythr(ae)um/Rubrum Mare

Arabicus Sinus/Erythr(ae)um/Rubrum Mare (The Red Sea) is an inlet of the Indian Ocean located between Africa and Asia.
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Perry Scalfano, R. Talbert, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: baseline created
Actors: Sean Gillies

Cyrenaica (region)

An ancient region (the environs of the city of Cyrene) that lies in the eastern part of modern Libya.
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: baseline created; fixed a typo in the description and added a bounding polygon for better indication of the coverage of the region.; updated description, added links to cap and icyr to description, added dbpedia reference, added place type.
Actors: Tom Elliott

Deir Abu Matta

Late antique settlement, possibly monastic, with substantial remains of a church, mud-brick structures, and tombs.
Creators: Nicola Aravecchia
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added link to pleiades entry for trimithis (amheida)
Actors: Tom Elliott

Ierusalem/Hierosolyma/Col. Aelia Capitolina

The city of Jerusalem.
Creators: B. Isaac
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Gabriel McKee, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Sarah Bond, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
Modifications: initial revision
Actors: Sean Gillies

Jmr-t

An ancient settlement, centered on the temple to Amun Nakht, located at modern Ain Birbiyeh/Birbibya, in Egypt's Dakhleh Oasis: BAtlas 79 inset Jmr-t
Creators: G. Wagner
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Nate Nagy, Tom Elliott
Modifications: initial revision
Actors: Nate Nagy

Libya Superior

A late Roman province, dating to the days of Diocletian and Constantine I
Creators: J.J. Wilkes, S.T. Parker, R.S. Bagnall, W.V. Harris, A.S. Esmonde-Cleary, C.M. Wells, J.F. Drinkwater, R.C. Knapp, S. Mitchell
Contributors: Brian Z. Lund, Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, R. Talbert, Mary E. Downs, Tom Elliott
Modifications: baseline created; better bounding polygon, description and details
Actors: Tom Elliott

Medinet Habu

The New Kingdom mortuary temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, on the West bank of the Nile near Luxor.
Creators: Nate Nagy
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: edited; initial revision
Actors: Nate Nagy

Muziris

An important port and trading village
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: add wikipedia, pme links, better description, and details; fix detail typo; peutinger map reference
Actors: Sean Gillies

Pont du Gard

The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge that crosses the Gardon River near the town of Vers-Pont-du-Gard in the south of France. It was enrolled as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
Creators: S. Loseby
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: add details, dbpedia link; add wikipedia link; change title; edited
Actors: Sean Gillies

Pont Julien

A bridge that spans the river known as the Cavalon (French), once part of the Via Domitia
Creators: S. Loseby
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: add link to new cavalon resource
Actors: Sean Gillies