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Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land - Versatile, interactive maps based on satellite photos, bibliographies, site projects, additional interactive maps and information by region and period.
High Resolution Bible Maps - A very detailed zoomable map of archaeological sites in Israel and neighboring areas; high resolution maps of the Persian Empire, Jerusalem at the time of Jesus, the Roman Empire in 116CE, and in 150CE; reproduction of the Madaba mosaic map.
IAM: Map Room - Originally the work of the Interactive Ancient Mediterranean Project, now part of the Ancient World Mapping center at the University of NC-Chapel Hill. Includes a high resolution map of the Levant in the Hellenistic-Roman period.
Jewish Virtual Library: Maps- Among the resources at this site are many maps. Of interest to our subject matter: Alexander in the East, Babylonian Exile, Empire of Cyrus II, and the Hasmonean Kingdom.
Lacus Curtius: Roman Atlas and Gazetteer - This extensive database on the Roman world includes a detailed and indexed map of Roman Syria and Palestine, together with a gazetteer.
Maps for Students - Among the digital maps we find maps of the Roman Empire in the early 2nd century CE, Ptolemaic Egypt, Roman Egypt, the Roman Empire in 69CE.
MEGA Jordan - The Jordan Antiquities Database and Information System. An online database which uses Google Earth as a map base and contains information on over 12,000 archaeologcal sites in Jordan. Provides views of each site, marks its perimeter on a relief map, and shows the presence of features such as buildings or epigraphic finds.
N.S. Gill’s Biblical Maps - Includes maps of the Dead Sea area, Hellenistic and Christian Palestine, Palestine at the time of Jesus.
Omnes Viae: Itinerarium Romanum - Combines an interactive map of the Roman Empire with a route planner which displays the route between any two points on the map, including all stages and the distance between them. Based on the 13th century Tabula Peutingeriana.
Pleiades - From the self-description: “gives scholars, students…the ability to use, create and share historical geographical information about the Greek and Roman world in digital form.” For each place it provides location, periods occupied, references.
Rome Project: Map of Roman Empire - Map shows division of the Empire into provinces. Click on Judea brings up a series of linked resources for the province.