Print Atlases
Except as noted, all of these titles are in the Reference Collection on the 2nd floor of Alden Library.
- Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman WorldPrint. Excellent large-format maps. An iPad version of the Barrington Atlas is available for $20.00.
- Historical Atlas of the Ancient WorldA printed supplementary volume to Brill's New Pauly, a large encyclopedia of the ancient world. The New Pauly Online encyclopedia has an online version of this atlas.
- The aerial atlas of ancient CretePrint. Circulating copy on the 6th floor of Alden Library. Numerous other copies available via OhioLINK.
Online Historical Maps
A preliminary set of placemarks for Google Earth of a selection of the most important archaeological sites in the Ancient Near East can be downloaded here (as an alternative try right-click or ctrl-click).
These placemarks work with Google Earth, which has to be downloaded (free at earth.google.com). When opened inside Google Earth, you will be able to "travel" to various places in the ancient Greek world. Besides viewing the current topography, there are icons for photographs of the various sites.
Ancient Locations is a "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)."