Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640)
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Pathyris/Aphroditopolis (settlement) — by T. Wilfong — last modified Oct 09, 2018 01:39 PM
- Pathyris/Aphroditopolis is known especially for its necropolis where material ranges in date from the Predynastic Period to the Middle Kingdom. In the 160s BC Ptolemy VI Philometor established a military outpost at the site that was destroyed in the first century BC.
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Per-Ptah — by S.M. Burstein — last modified May 05, 2022 06:40 AM
- The site of Per-Ptah, meaning "House of Ptah", lies some 90 km south of Aswan and received a temple dedicated to pharaoh Ramesses II. Some of the architectural and sculptural remains of the temple were dismantled and relocated to the site of New Kalabsha in the 1960s during the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
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Plotiště — by H. Bender — last modified May 24, 2019 09:46 AM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 12 I2 Plotiště
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Ponte nelle Alpi — by H. Bender — last modified Oct 23, 2012 01:43 PM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 19 E3 Ponte nelle Alpi
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Pothaia — by C. Foss — last modified Jan 21, 2019 07:56 PM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 D4 Pothaia
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Přešt'ovice — by H. Bender — last modified Mar 20, 2020 08:40 AM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 12 G3 Přešt'ovice
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Priscilla — by L. Quilici — last modified Dec 14, 2020 09:28 AM
- A Christian catacomb within an ancient quarry on the Via Salaria that was in use from the second until the fourth centuries AD. The Catacomb of Priscilla was likely named for Priscilla, a member of the gens Acilia, and contains the oldest known Marian painting (third century AD).
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Pruszcz Gdański — by A. Bursche — last modified Oct 20, 2012 06:51 PM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 2 G3 Pruszcz Gdański
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Qalt al-Fagere — by S.M. Burstein — last modified Oct 20, 2012 05:34 PM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 81 F2 Qalt al-Fagere
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Qustul — by S.M. Burstein — last modified Dec 19, 2017 01:05 PM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 81 B3 Qustul
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Radotín — by H. Bender — last modified Oct 20, 2012 07:13 PM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 12 H3 Radotín
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Ras-el-Koran — by R.B. Hitchner — last modified Oct 20, 2012 04:06 PM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 32 E2 Ras-el-Koran
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Rocca Stefano — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified Apr 10, 2020 11:58 AM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 D4 Rocca Stefano
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Roman necropolis at al-Bass — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Sep 19, 2022 10:09 PM
- The Tyre necropolis, part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Tyre, contains a triumphal arch and hundreds of stone sarcophagi dated to the Roman and Byzantine periods. It is located adjacent to an older Phoenician burial site.
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S. Agapito — by L. Quilici — last modified Jul 22, 2021 11:46 AM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 43 D2 S. Agapito
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S. Agnese — by L. Quilici — last modified Dec 02, 2021 11:19 AM
- A titular church on the Via Nomentana, S. Agnese houses the remains of the eponymous saint. The present church was built by Pope Honorius I in the seventh century AD, on the site of a fourth century basilica built by Constantine I.
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S. Alessandro — by L. Quilici — last modified Dec 02, 2021 11:19 AM
- The basilica and catacombs of S. Alessandro are located at the seventh milestone of the Via Nomentana.
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S. Callisto — by L. Quilici — last modified Jul 23, 2020 04:40 PM
- A large catacomb on the Via Appia south of Rome notable especially for its so-called 'Crypt of the Popes'. The catacomb covers approximately 15 hectares.
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S. Cristo — by P.O. Spann — last modified Jan 05, 2019 01:13 PM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 D1 S. Cristo
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S. Ermete — by L. Quilici — last modified Aug 10, 2021 10:58 AM
- S. Ermete is the site of a Paleochristian basilica and catacomb; the catacombs are also referred to as the Catacombs of Bassilla, and both names occur in the documentary sources.